new york public library

The new york public library is simply beautiful. Every little detail from the grand door at the entrance, the famous lions, the ceiling on the inside, the old wooden desks that beg you to sit and get lost in literature, the reading room (you have to click on this link). On my visit they were exhibiting - Celebrating 100 years. I stumbled upon Charles Dickens's letter opener, the final draft of George Washington's Farewell Address, the original Winnie-the-pooh and his friends, who have lived in the library since 1987, Virginia Woolf's walking stick. A dear friend suggested I go to the Mapping room, I didn't make it unfortunately, but I wish I did. Read here.