NY celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas, on October 13, 1492, as an official celebration. So there are lots of floats etc between W44 St and W72 St that I am avoiding today by staying uptown.

Got off the M100 bus and wandered along Cabrini Boulevard which spans the Manhattan neighborhood of Hudson Heights, running from West 177th Street in the south, near the George Washington Bridge, to Fort Tryon Park in the north, along an escarpment of Manhattan schist overlooking the Henry Hudson Parkway and the Hudson River. Gorgeous little cafés and very grungy! Got to the fort with its vista over Washington Heights and then walked up to the Cloisters. 

The Cloisters museum and gardens, a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, was assembled in 1935 from architectural elements, that largely date from the twelfth through the fifteenth century. The building and its cloistered gardens are treasures in themselves, effectively part of the 2,000 works of art collection housed there. A gorgeous museum, I think my favourite on this trip! Thanks to Eric for suggesting!! 

My last critter that I discovered in the Cloisters park….a groundhog!!! Not as gorgeous as a hoary marmot that lives in rocky and mountainous areas, but pretty close!! And of course they are related!

Jumped a bus to return to return to my ‘hood, as I was wanting to sup at another place that Eric recommended, the Grange. However, major ‘carpark’ experience on the Broadway, so it took one and a half hours to do a 15 minute journey! Damn that George Washington Bridge intersection!!!! Anyway, got to the Grange and had a cider ( it was so late that it was between lunch and dinner @ 3.30pm with only a burger on offer that I wasn’t interested in). Check out this cool spot on…http://thegrangebarnyc.com

My last FABULOSO day in NY…..woo hoo!