First Foray in NYC - Bryant Park Winter Village and NOT Rockefeller Center

After Marta, we walked over to the Bryan Park Winter Village (or Kriss Kringleplatz, as Patrick called it).  SO.  MANY.  PEOPLE.

At this moment I realized that I really want to think I'm a person that LOVES New York City.  But I think I love the New York City that has half the people in it, on a quiet weekday.  Let's just say, I do not love the Saturday night, before Christmas, at a huge tourist attraction, with 14 million people. 

We made our way through the throng and over the the tree.  Which really was pretty.

Then we got the hell out - and...like idiots, started to head to Rockefeller Center to see the big tree.   And about a block in, stopped and abandoned that idea immediately.  Just walking the two blocks in the direction of Rockefeller Center was enough.  So instead, our next stop was a bar.