A day in Central Park.

A Saturday in Central Park

This last Saturday, Jacob and I went to Central Park to see a group called Gladiators NYC. They dress up in full medieval armor and fight with swords. It was so much fun! We got to Central Park really early so we could walk around for a bit first. Central Park is 2.5 miles long and a half mile wide, it's huge. We visited a few interesting points in the park.

First we saw the Obelisk, which is a giant Obelisk that was erected in ancient Egypt for Cleopatra. Then it was transported to Rome in like 600 BC, before it was eventually gifted to Central Park in the 1800s. It has heiroglyphics on it. We also walked through a wooded area of the park, and we hardly knew we were in the city it felt so peaceful!

We also saw Belvedere Castle that overlooks Turtle Pond. It's not a real castle, it just looks like one, and you can walk up it to look at the park and the pond. It's called Turtle Pond because it has lots of turtles! We only saw one turtle that day though.

There are also a lot of archways and bridges in Central Park, and we walked past the narrowest bridge in the whole park. The park volunteer told us that it's so narrow you can touch both sides with your arms outstretched. But I guess I'm a little shorter than him because I had to really stretch my fingers to touch both sides!

The gladiator fights were a lot of fun. We only saw the first two because by the time they started it was pretty hot outside and all the shady spots were full. The event was free, and it happens once a month.

The first fight was with big swords and shields, between Sir Simon and The Central Parker. The Central Parker won. The second fight was long swords, so they didn't have shields. I didn't catch the names of the fighters. The long swords was more exciting, because they could move quicker without the heavy swords and shields.

We'll have an update on our new apartment soon! We're still unpacking, but I added a picture of the place from when we first moved in. We have unpacked a lot but we still have a little organizing to do, and then we will share some more pictures!

We have lots of natural lighting, and the street is very quiet and peaceful, but we're still close enough to the train and to fun restaurants and things to do!

A picture on the great lawn, we stopped for popsicles cause it was so hot out!

This is part of Museum Mile, a large stretch of museums in NYC

This is the front of one of the museums.

Belvedere Castle from afar.

The Obelisk from afar.

A cool picture I took right under the Obelisk.

A really cool statue of an old Polish king.

A view of Turtle Pond from Belvedere Castle

A popular bridge in the Rambles, a wooded part of the park.

People rent boats to row through one of the lakes. You can see the Manhatten skyline.

One of the archways in the park.

There are a lot of large rocks in the park left over from glaciers. This one was really big and sparkly!

The narrowest archway in the park. Jake got a really great picture of it!

I was trying to decide if my arms were long enough to span the archway!

My arms are just barely long enough. I had to stretch my fingers!

Jake got to hold one of the axes at the Gladiators event!

Start of the fight between Sir Simon and the Central Parker

More of Sir Simon and the Central Parker. The hits were so loud!

Some more of the fights.

Sir Simon and the Central Parker resting after the fight. It was so hot out!

Ruby under her portraits at the new apartment.

Molly looking funny.

This is the new apartment on the day we moved in. We've cleaned up a lot!