Goodbye NY, Hello Toronto

This picture is of our last day in NY together. We decided we needed a bit of culture so we went to the world famous MoMA (Museum of Modern Art). I've decided that Ethan is now clearly an art prodigy and have promptly signed him up for the classes he needs to finish off his education. Judging from the stuff in here he should be finished that by the time he's 4 and a half. What utter tosh. That's the official view from an 'A' level art student I'll have you know. Give me some renaissance art any day. Leonardo could at least draw a picture. Honestly. The Scottish artist whose name I have no intention of ever remembering produced the 'On/Off' room. Literally, the light going on and off every 5 seconds in a room with nothing on the walls. Seriously - and he probably made some money out of that. The best bit was listening to him wittering on about it on the recorded tour guide thingy. He talked for about 10 minutes. I'm not really sure what he was saying about his 'art' as I was too busy laughing hysterically with Maxine. As I say - utter tosh. This picture is of Maxine obstructing the view of Andy Warhols 'Campbells Soup' from the 1960's. It was about the best thing in there, but that wouldn't of been hard, Ethans scribbles would of easily made it into the world's most pre-eminent art museum. I'll say it again, utter tosh.

Travel is definitely the topic of this week. Maxine's gone back to the UK now while I've been working in a place called Parsippany, New Jersey about 45 mins outside of Manhattan. Its been a good couple of days although the translation from 35 degree days into -5 degree days has been a bit of a shock to the system! I don't think the light jacket that I thought would be fine in Melbourne is really up to the job of the cold I'm about to hit in Canada. Its hard packing winter clothes when you're in your shorts and T-shirt. Something to remember for next time. I'm getting into the UK on Saturday morning but won't be taking any holiday, need to keep them for the warmer climes of Australia. So this trip to Blighty will be a short one. See the full pictures from New York at : New York, New York