Spring Break in New York (2)-- Central Park Zoo

I am not a zoo person.

Since I was little, I always feel kind of sad to see animals being confine in such tiny cages.

Therefore, I was very surprise toward myself when I decided to go to the central park zoo.

I guess probably it was because the cartoon Madagascar (which I like a lot),

or because I started to miss my dog back home. 

Anyway, central park zoo is a neat little place;

you can finish a tour within an hour.

My only disappointment was that there are no lion, giraffe, hippo, or zebra :)    

The lucky thing was that I was able to see the feeding of sea lions!

They are so smart and cute,

and they have exactly the same reactions like my dog when they see foods!!!  

My dog: when there are no foods around...

           Here is what he does when he spots foods...       Kind of like those sea lions...

STANDING UP STRAIGHT!!

My own creation of sea lions :)

Spring Break in New York (1)-- New York Public Library

Although I only been to New York twice (this is my second time),
it already becomes one of my favorite cities.
Not only because I prefer large, modern cities,
but also New York has a special sense of charismatic,
that is really hard for me to resist.

I always love to go to the libraries,
so I guess that was the reason
why I choose New York Public Library as my first stop.
Since after visiting Boston's public library,
I really want to know the differences between the two.
Turned out that I love both of them!
They combine culture, architecture, knowledge together perfectly.
Rather than a library, I felt I was visiting a museum.

I was also very lucky to see the library's exhibition-- Why Children's Books Matter.
It was very fun to learn its history and allowed me to remember the time
when I was reading those children's books.
It was truly a great start for my trip :)

Remember the determined little boy in Hugo?

My little drawing in the Byrant Park (which is just next to the library!)