the cloisters

Walking around the grounds at the Cloisters, I saw a guy photographing a pigeon very up close.

What a beautiful place The Cloisters is! It is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art located on the northern tip of Manhattan overlooking the Hudson River. The building was pieced together with features from five French cloistered abbeys that had been taken apart brick by brick before being shipped to New York. (The pieces were reassembled between 1934 and 1938.) It is used to house art and architecture from Medieval Europe.

The grounds are landscaped with gardens planted according to horticultural information obtained from Medieval writings and artifacts. It's a surprising and peaceful get-away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Carol and I were utterly smitten with it.

(Thanks, Jason, for recommending we go there.)