Just an oldie!

We have had kind of a bumpy night with Sebastian in our bed. He had a good nights sleep, I guess, but as he has his habbits - lying across, constantly scratching his fellow bed-mates with his toes in his sleep etc. - we slept rather poorly. Sebastian has his own bed, but insisted - in a non discusable way - on being transferred at 1 o'clock at night. Soft parents - grow up!

We had a great day yesterday despite some very cold weather - it snowed again a few times! We started the day by going with the underground to the Staten Island Ferry, at the very south of Manhatten. We had a donout, a coffee and not least a chocolate croissant for Sebastian to warm us up - and were then ready to board the ferry. Sebastian liked the trip, but was not too impressed with the Statue of Liberty - the woman was in his point of view 'just an oldie'! Back on Manhatten we walked through Wall Street and along Ground Zero and reached the lower part of Soho where we stopped for lunch. Sebastian made several friends among the staff, and we had a great meal with a wonderful caramel coffee to finish it up. 

We walked a bit around Soho, trying to find a toy shop we had read about. Apparantly it moved somewhere else, but we did find another place, where they had a Brio train set up for their small guests. Just what Sebastian had dreamt about! They had a lot of fantastic toys and books. We couldn't resist buying a NASA space rocket outfit for Sebastian. Which he - sure enough - has refused to wear so far. Patience! We walked to Washington Square Garden where there is a great playground, and Sebastian was busy in the sand, on the slide and on the bridge despite cold and snow. After this, a brief stop by in Greenwich Village, where we went for coffee and chocolate chip muffin - in order to keep off the cold. 

Thus warmed up we took a cap to the Roosevelt Island Tram (svævebane), and flew over the East River with a great view of the city. After a little shopping we went for a light dinner and arrived back home at 19.30 - time for bed for Sebastian. We were luckly to find King Kong showing on television, and finished the day off by watching the hairy giant moaning and falling dead off the highest tower in New York.