New York New York

Now had a week to find our way around New York and spend a fair bit of time in the subway but you can get all over Manhattan very safely and quickly.
We started with a knock out day at the New York Botanical gardens -the biggest conservatories, the most beautiful cherry blossom, the most conifers, the best bookshop, just a marvellous garden. But perhaps the most spectacular of all was the Orchid display in the grand conservatory.
Then Peter and Dorothy went off for a few days in the mountains with friends and we started exploring on our own. Found an African Film Festival happening at the Lincoln Centre and saw 4 films as part of that, went to the famous Blue Note Jazz Club to hear some jazz for Sunday brunch, went to a Farmers Market in our neighbourhood - there're a lot of farmers markets including at Union Square. Spent a day at the American Museum of Natural History, vast but very traditional style, and another at the Museum of the Native American Indian which was very good - realised we knew hardly anything about the native indians which have links from tip of Chile to far north Canada.
Near us is the Cloisters Museum with the famous Unicorn Tapestries. Yesterday was spent at the Guggenheim Museum.
Will send some photos soon Love to Everyone Jenny and eddie