Barry's Travel Blog: Strawberry Fields, Silica Tiles and Flight Decks

Started today with a walk to and through Central Park. An oasis in a concrete desert.

A tribute to John Lennon in Strawberry Fields.

The view from Strawberry Fields to the Dakota, where John and Yoko lived.

The park is well used and a dichotomy to it's surroundings.

A perfect day for skating in the park.

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Walked back to our hotel neighbourhood to take in the Intrepid Museum. It's a WWII vintage aircraft carrier that also saw action during the Korean and Cold War eras. It was also part of the space program during the 60's having been used for the retrieval of space capsules after splash down at sea. Hence it represents air, sea and space technologies and houses the space shuttle Enterprise as part of it's display.

The shots below are of a Soyuz capsule. It's effectively the same as what is still in use today. This one carried the first "space tourist".

Three people cram into this thing which is no bigger than the front seats of a small sedan.

The Carrier.

Unfortunately, we only had a couple of hours before the museum closed. It was fascinating and we could easily have spent another hour or two exploring. It's small by today's standards but still huge, having housed some 3000 sailors while at sea.