So once we reached New York City, we walked to the corner of 92nd and Madison Ave (from the corner of 92nd and 5th Ave) to Cafe Yura, for a bite to eat and then went back to the trailer and unloaded the 7 horses, tacked up and the 12 campers went in groups of six, with Arno on a trail ride through Central Park. Once they finished the trail rides, we untacked the horses and loaded them back on to the trailer, and headed off to "Tavern on the Green" which is basically and over priced excuse to eat in a 'fancy' restaurant in Central Park... (they say its expensive and classy, i say it was expensive and tacky... 70's style fairy garden painting on the wall, different coloured chandeliers everywhere, etc etc), so the 14 of us racked up a $700 bill (including the tip) and headed out with a full stomach and a handful of balloons in exchange. We then went to the carousel in Central park and spent an hour there before we all clambered into white stretch limos and went to FAO Schwartz which is an awesome toy store, similar to the entertainment and size of IKEA but more so, as its a toy store... we spent 15 mins there and then jumped back into the waiting limos and went to the Manhattan Saddlery and spent half an hour walking around admiring the $2000 upwards price tags on the saddles. We then were dropped back off at central park and got back into our big silver van and came home via Maccas. Im pooped now, so i will maybe post more later about my day off yesterday etc when im concious.
ciao for now.
Park Ave sign
Broadway sign
Central Park trail ride
View of city-ish buildings from central park
The pic that they wanted me to pay $25 for at 'Tavern on the Green' ('Expensive McCrapperson's' as i like to call it).. so i took a pic of the pic over my salad (hence the lettuce in the way)... ps... i look like a giant whale in this pic... ive put on LOTS of weight (just incase you couldnt all use your eyes to see that!)... mmm FATTY American foooooooood......
Me entertaining the kids while waiting for the limo in central park
NYC... Park Ave from the limo to be specific
Some funny looking 'Girths' in Manhattan Saddlery... FYI a girth is the thick brown thing on the far right... not the loopy things underneath the 'Girths' sign.. they are Martingales
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I can't wait to get to New York- it'll be so cool. So far I have driven past it- on the way up here to Chelmsford. How hard is it not to gain weight here? I'm trying to lose it before I get back seeing as I am now living with people who actually eat healthy food but we'll see how it goes. Glad to hear you're having fun otherwise- can't be too long before the end of the camp, can it?
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