Even though the principal purpose of our trip is over, we still feel like we want to see all we can see. We recovered a bit of our sleep deprivation and set out from the Upper West Side to the Chelsea neighborhood near 14th street close to the Hudson River. We met a genealogy friend of Phyllis and had lunch and then he took us to the High Line, an abandoned elevated railway that has been artfully converted into a beautiful city park with trees, lots of flowers, benches, lounge chairs for sunbathers, some food places and souvenir stands (I've now lost count of how many refrigerator magnets I've purchased on this trip), and great views of the city and the river. I couldn't resist photographing the sign for the condos for sale....
Later we went to a screening in Greenwich Village of a new film called "Famous Nathan" about the founder of Nathan's Hot Dogs. The film was made by Nathan's grandson who was in the audience along with many other relatives of Nathan which made for a great Q and A session after the film.
One more day tomorrow of being Big Apple tourists and we leave for our respective homes on Friday....
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