Since I was already on the far Uptown side of Manhattan, I took the subway back down to Central Park, and walked through on the 85th street cut through, which goes by Belvedere Castle. You can climb all the way up into the tower, and there are some great views from there. The castle is right next to the Shakespeare Garden, which was still in pretty decent bloom for this time of year. I took a little break near the garden and sat down on a bench and read a book for a little while. Really made me wish we had a similar kind of park here in Portland. We do have a fairly large central park, but it’s just not as people friendly.