We've been busy, using our time here for as much touring around as possible. The marina itself isn't all that great...no real WiFi, long walks to get the pups to grass, less than calm conditions at the dock at times, and no laundry on site. But, our choices in this area are few, and there are plenty of places to go with our rental car.
One of the trips that we took was to tour the Rockefeller Estate, Kykiut. This estate is located in the historic town of Sleepy Hollow as it turns out. The scope of the estate is breathtaking, and the house itself quite grand. But, it is easy to envision that generations of Rockefellers actually used this as their home...it looked very comfortable and livable. We weren't allowed any pictures of the inside of the estate, but the artwork was impressive. A lot of modern art, but many period pieces as well. Here is a link for more info on the estate and it's history: Rockefeller Estate
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| Front entrance to the mansion. |
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| Side yard and gardens |
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| Rear gardens and view of the Hudson. |
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| There is a 9-hole golf course on the grounds. |
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| Part of the carriage collection...this estate was in use long before the advent of automobiles. |
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| Part of the tack room for the carriage horses. |
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| They also have some of the cars here that the family used over the years. |
One late afternoon we also ventured to the Culinary Institute of America (the CIA). This is one of the premier training schools offering associates and BS degrees in Culinary Arts. There are about 2300 students here at any one time in the various programs, and they operate a handful of restaurants as part of their training. We took the 4pm tour one afternoon, which gave us a behind the scenes peek at what the students study, and how much hard work they put in. We weren't allowed any pictures while inside the school, but we saw numerous kitchen classrooms, mostly baking desserts, pastries and candy. After the tour, we had a reservation at Caterina de' Medici, their Italian fine dining restaurant. Only the head chef, general manager, and floor manager were non-students. All of the remaining staff both in the kitchen and serving were students. The food was terrific, and the experience wonderful. This outing is worth the effort for anyone in the general area.
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| The CIA main building. |
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| An interesting sculpture of an Atlantic Sturgeon (evidently this area of the Hudson has historically been a key spawning ground for these huge fish). And the interesting part is that it... |
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| ...is made entirely of cutlery! |
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| Our meals...Sandy had the Arctic Char... |
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| ...and Rob had the chicken. They were both wonderful! |
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