Empire State, AMNH and Basketball

The Empire State Building didn't seem that high from the ground but when we got to the top it was HUGE! You could see for miles. It was windy and freezing and you couldn't stay out there for too long. Somebody's job was scraping the snow from the top! The people looked like ants and Central Park was a complete rectangle. Florian thought it looked really big but Alfie thinks it was surprisingly small!

We went to the American Museum of Natural History. First we looked around the section about space. We stood on the scales to see our weight on the sun and we all weighed more than 2000lbs! On a neutron star we were 1.5 trillion lbs! Then we had a really nice lunch in the museum. Nick doesn't like the tax thing because you get your money out and then you have to get more to pay the tax. Florian's sandwich had loads of ham.

After that we went to the Planetarium. The screen was rounded over you and it was really realistic. It felt like the whole room was moving. When a comet came past your chair vibrated.

Then we went to the dinosaurs and we looked at some interesting bones - George knew all about them and got all the answers right.

In the evening we had a great time watching NY Knicks against Indiana Pacers in a basketball match at Madison Square Garden. All the Americans were running around showing off their foam fingers so we went and got some and showed them off back to them. We all got free Knicks tops signed by Starks. Our school's name was mentioned on the big board! Alfie really enjoyed it. We had a voucher for a hot dog, crisps and a drink. Luke, Yomi and Christian fell asleep and people kept putting foam fingers in their mouths. Everyone was so tired - the escalators weren't working going down. We all had loads of fun. It was everyone's first basketball match and it was AMAZING! It was a shame that the Knicks lost.

Robert, Florian, Alfie, Ben and Nick