We left the village and headed uptown to meet Mom and John. The four of us walked south on 5th Avenue and stepped into St. Patrick’s Cathedral. After that we stopped for lunch at a little pizza place and headed towards the hotel. They had show tickets for that night and I had other plans for us. I wanted to see the Apollo theatre so we headed uptown again on the train and then walked a couple of blocks to the theatre. It was lightly raining so we didn’t stay. We got back on the train and got off a few stops south because I wanted Bailey to see the Museum of Natural History. Unfortunately the entire facade was covered with scaffolding and net as you can see below. We couldn’t go in because it was after hours!
We continued our walk south to the Dakota and after a pit stop at the Starbucks we arrived just in time to see the sunset. The Dakota is the building to the right. Standing at this point, if you turned around you’d find yourself at an entrance to Central Park. In this location you find a part of the park dedicated to John Lennon. This 2.5 acres is called Strawberry Fields.

This tile memorial is found in Strawberry Fields. I’m told that the offerings and the display pattern change every day.We then headed east through the park and heard music in the building across from Bethesda Fountain (photo below). We didn’t have tickets to the show so we had to trudge on. Still heading east, we made it to 5th avenue (again) and headed south. I’m getting tired at this point.When we got to the southeast corner of the park I had to stop for a break. We were across the street from the Plaza Hotel. We rested for a few minutes and then continued our trek towards Times Square and our hotel.