The Art of Korea exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum.
Friday prt. 2
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Friday prt.1
My host was kind enough to take me to the Brooklyn Museum, where I could see art exhibitions on Black Freedom, and another on Korean Art.
Part two includes the Korean Art pieces.
Apologies
I am afraid hunger got the best of me, and I forgot to post tonight’s dinner. Ate it all up without a single picture. I shall do my best to describe it in detail without the photos.
My uncle made a dish of fried pita bread left over from the night before with some tomatoes and sliced beef that had been tenderized.
We also picked up a bottle of old vine Lodi Zinfandel 2016 (Gnarly Head) from the neighborhood shop. Quite a nice pairing with the meal.
After dinner, I had some Moroccan Mint Green tea (Stash) and we settled in to watch the French film MicMacs suggested by my uncle.
After Lunch
We strolled down to the waterfront while the meal was digested.
Some nice foliage and animals about. We saw a woodchuck in the park. The cute little thing was stuffing its cheeks with clover.
After the park, we returned to the train station for our return journey to the city. Riding the train car, “Tear the Clouds,” I chose the riverside seat for our trip back to New York City.
I mistakenly deleted the pictures of the woodchuck and the foliage while clearing images on my camera.
Walk about
We toured downtown Poughkeepsie and viewed the various shops up the hill on Main Street.
After some time, we decided on lunch at a Mexican restaurant.
I ordered the Chicken Tortilla Soup to start and 3 Fish Tacos.
Poughkeepsie
After disembarking the train, we headed to the nearest coffee shop for a pick-me-up.
The Coffee Bean Cafe. I had a mocha latte.
The train
We boarded the 9:43 AM train (Wilton) to Poughkeepsie.
Got a bit ahead of ourselves and walked past the open carriages, then had to backtrack.
I am all settled in now and at the window facing (hopefully) the river.
I will add more pictures along the way.
Signal
I have been having a terrible time with my phone service and the GPS. I don’t know if it’s the tall buildings, electrical interference, or even poor coverage.
I use Consumer Cellular with no issues back home (NC), but here in the city (NY), it has been a crapshoot. Using my phone on the subway is the worst, with all of the ups, downs, tunnels, bridges, and nausea-inducing turns.
Even at the apartment, the GPS thinks I am across the way. Sometimes it wanders or just loses connection.
I’ve got four more days of this, so I probably won’t play much Pokémon Go until I get back to JFK for my flight to North Carolina.
Breakfast, Thursday.
Starting off rooted firmly in my ancestry with a cup of English Breakfast Tea (Bigelow).
Granola seemed the best choice since we are having an early start today. I did see a box of Raisin Bran in the cupboard and figured half of each would be nice.
An Early Start
We have decided to take the train to Poughkeepsie today.
My uncle has seen the trip on a travel show over in the UK and would like to experience it himself. I do have a certain fondness for passages by train.
I am also hoping to get away from some of the taller buildings to get a nice view of the land and river.
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