New York Series: A Tour Through Central Park

 
Beautiful architecture can be seen from The Lake in Central park. This area is often used in movies.

These were taken during our stops on our Bike and Roll Tour. For more information please see the previous post.

This is the first time I have seen this bridge in person and yet I recognize it. In how many movies does this bridge show up in?

A great place to have a picnic or just spend some quality time with a significant other or good friend.

I love this tree on the right. Just the way it hangs over the water and the bridge...no wonder this location is used in a lot of romantic scenes for movies. Or does this setting seem romantic because I see it so much in romantic scenes?

This leads to Poets Lane and you can walk over the top, but if you walk under here you can see some great details. Although, there are a lot of people walking by or in my case, a photo shoot is in progress so people are standing around and watching.

Bethesda Fountain.

I really liked this fountain. Not because it is the only statue in the park made by a woman (that's part of it) but because of its size and the multiple Lotus plants growing in the fountain.

It's no wonder why so many New Yorkers love Central Park.

Walking Course #1 to Atsuta Shrine Continued

On my walking course I came across this garden. I was tempted to stop inside, but as I mentioned in my previous post, my goal was to finish the course and not get sidetracked. Although, I will definitely be coming back to this garden since it seemed like there weren't that many people here. And if it is good enough for wedding photos I think it would be good enough to pay a visit!

You can see the photographer perfecting the brides outfit for her photos.

 

 The course brought me back to the river side and I noticed these pictures in the railing! I thought it was a nice idea to add some scenes that used to be seen on the river. It doesn't seem like any boats go up or down this river anymore, but I can imagine that a long time ago, they did.

 They even had a replica of a boat that you could have seen floating on the river!

 If you need to stop and rest there are benches along the way. Although, there are a lot of birds in the area so I'm not sure if you would want to risk stopping under the trees. The bird songs were beautiful to listen to.

 A fountain with the water washing down.

This lantern was placed in the same fountain as the previous photo.

By this point I was getting very thirsty, but the good news is there were plenty of vending machines along the way! I was able to find about 5 just in the vicinity of this fountain.