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For my New York minute I chose a dead end spot around my neighborhood where I used to go to and just hang out with friends. This spot was surrounded by large houses and it was next to a train track although you weren’t able to go on the train tracks and there was a security guard that would drive around making sure that no one would try to go on the tracks. During the summer you could see people who would have picnics there because the scenery is beautiful and there weren’t many cars driving by there. I chose this place because I remember being filled with anxiety the day before my first day of high school and my friend brought me there in order to calm me down.

During summer vacation growing up my mom would take us to museums and parks. Anywhere that was outside so that we wouldn’t be at home with the air conditioner turned on raising the electricity bill. Although I had been to the Museum of Natural History before either with my mother or on school trips I never realized that it had a butterfly conservatory. Getting to the Butterfly conservatory was a trip that I was familiar with.

I took the Q train from Beverly road to Times Square 42nd street Where I would transfer to the 2 train. I would then take the 2 train to 72nd street broadway, from 72nd street broadway I would walk to the museum which was approximately 10 minutes long. Overall I found the ride to the conservatory to be peaceful. The train stop at Beverly had a view that I enjoyed and the Q train went over the bridge while getting to manhattan, I also loved walking through central park in order to get to the Butterfly Conservatory. If I plugged my earphones in I was able to just drift into my thoughts as I watched the stops pass by. I loved nature and being outside, it was something that comforted me because my mother always wanted us to be out of the house.

After walking through central park in order to get to the Butterfly conservatory. I bought my tickets online and in total it came out to be around 23 dollars. I had been to the butterfly garden at the bronx zoo when I was younger and I was excited to visit this conservatory. When I was younger I went through a phase where I was obsessed with butterflies I loved the pretty colors on their wings and I found them drinking nectar from flowers to be elegant. I guess my small obsession with butterflies was still there because as I was walking through the Butterfly conservatory I kept hoping that a few would land on me like how a bird would land on Snow Whites finger. I walked slowly and tried spotting as many different butterflies as I could I even took a few pictures. Going to the butterfly conservatory made me feel like a little girl again, being excited by all the pretty wigs that were fluttering around and just trying to capture their beauty. The butterfly observatory was something that I have been wanting to do for a while but often times get lazy about because it’s too far or I’m scared that it would be too packed. After the butterfly conservatory I decided to view other exhibits at the museum in order to feel like I got my money’s worth. I Enjoyed the butterfly museum but I didn’t think it was worth 23 dollars.

I enjoyed this experience I enjoyed being outside especially because the weather had improved greatly over the weekend and there were a lot of other things to do that surrounded the Butterfly conservatory. Sadly I didn’t have any butterflies that were landing on me but I was happy with being able to see them up close and being able to take pictures of the ones that weren’t moving too much. The only thing I would have regretted from this trip is how much I had spent. Lucky seeing other exhibits in the museum and walking around central park made up for it. This experience was very peaceful and reminded me of the great time had around here when I was growing up. I Also realized that even though I had been to a lot of places around New York that there were a lot more place that I still haven’t been too. This could be due to the fact that my mom often took us to placed that were free like central park or nearly free in order to save money. This project inspired me to go out more because I really enjoy it and I get bored from staying home all the time. I want to be able to see more places in New York. I have always said that I would stay and live in New York when I grew up and while that still may be true I have realized that I also want to travel, I want to see and experience new places. During this trip I realized that I want to learn and see different cultures which is something that I didn’t know I was interested in until after I had seen the Butterfly Conservatory and I was walking around the American Museum of Natural history.

I will be going to the Butterfly Conservatory at the Museum of Natural History.