Hi Beth, they said a good amount of the interior decor of the Chelsea has been changed, but some beautiful metal work and other details stayed. Our tour there was not an official one. We walked in and an employee there answered questions and offered to take us around. We slipped him some $$ at the end.

I do look forward to Central Park today, but am a bit nervous. Hubby is determined to rent ebikes. I haven't ridden a bike in maybe 12 to 15 years because of balance issues from bipolar meds (namely anticonvulsants and Lithium) and other side effects. These have eased over the year, notably, but it still... Wish me luck! I'll push myself as Hubby has struggled walking with his neuropathy. At times, he walks so slow because of it and says it hurts. I find myself leaving him in the dust. At least an ebike will be better than those handless Segways! In any case, on them I might be in the dust. Or a ditch.

I have been doing most of the talking to others since in the US. That's in contrast to in Czech Republic where Hubby does most speaking. His English is fluent, but he sometimes struggles slightly to understand when people have accents (other than mine) speaking English. A little liberating for me to talk more though.