Another year wed!

The Hudson River

Knowing we were going to be in the Big Apple for our 5th Wedding anniversary. The weekend began with our now good friends Matt and Barbara (who we were staying with again) when they treated us to an Anniversary / Bon Voyage brunch! The food was fantastic - which was not uncommon at their home, but we'd a chance to also spend the final few hours on the beach before we left their home and went into the 'Big City'.

Our hotel and had a fantastic view of the Hudson River and we were close enough for the subway and some of the local sights to catch the last of the sunshine.

Chris with the blue whale

On our anniversary, we needed to try to do as much as possible, especially as it was the last full day we would spend in the city. Chris wanted to see the Natural History museum, so we took a number of hours to see around all the exhibits and we certainly enjoyed seeing those exhibits from the countries which we'd visited. It was also my turn to arrange something and I'm sure that Chris did not imagine that we would be going to a baseball match to let me sit and join the local knitters! 

Chris and I at the Baseball

Stitch 'n' Pitch is something which is supposed to incorporate needle crafts and baseball... and a match at the Mets stadium should have been something of a finale for us... but the match wasn't fantastic and there was more atmosphere at the stadium in Vancouver rather than here. But I'd a ball watching all the other knitters nearby and people spinning on drop spindles.

I will not bore you any more about that... needless to say, the Mets got slaughtered by the Altanta Braves 11 - 3.

We rounded the evening off having drinks in the middle of Times square, watching people walking past and realising that in the morning we would be beginning our journey home.