The museum was AAAAMMMMAAZZZIINNGGG! For one it was huge, taking up two city blocks. Our must sees for this massive adventure were the Rose Space Center. Included with our city passes was the Cosmic Collisions show in the Planetarium. It was awesome, except for the 150 small school children who ohhed and ahhed and talked the entire time.
After walking from the beginning of time (on the spiral Big Bang Theory Walk) to the present day we continued through the museum to the Biodiversity room and then the Ocean Life exhibit. The massive blue whale replica hanging from the ceiling was incredible and was definitely my favorite part of the walk through. We then continued to the Human Origins exhibit. By this point our friends and myself were so tired of walking so we sent Dean off into the gem exhibit to take pictures for us.Finally we headed upstairs to see the dinosaurs. They were so cool. The bones were just massive. It is so incredible to imagine those structures with muscles and flesh on them. They were just that enormous.
We were all exhausted by this point and decided to try once again to visit Belvadere Castle to look out of the observation deck, but unfortunately they are closed on Mondays. So a trip to Barnes and Noble was decided to be in order. We got on the subway and went all the way down to the WTC stop and visited the local B&N there. The WTC was not very exciting, mainly just a blue wall and lots of empty space. They are building a tribute center there, but it will not be completed for some time. Maybe the next time we visit we'll get to see more of "Ground Zero"
We soon headed back to our hotel for a little relaxation before going to see The Phantom of the Opera. The performance was awesome! Everything I thought it would be. If you have ever seen the movie, the stage performace is a great comparison. I enjoy both equally. The show ended at 11 and we were definitely ready to go get ready for Tuesday and bed.
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