today there was a homeschooling field trip aboard the schooner pioneer.
the boat was built in 1885 as a freighter to haul sand in delaware bay. she's unusual in that her hull is made of iron, not wood.
she has a volunteer crew that operates out of the south street seaport museum and gives tours to school groups and the public.
they sailed from pier 16 . .
around downtown manhattan . .
to the statue of liberty.
she's just beautiful on the water, and the passengers get to help hoist the sails. one of the mates calls: "heave ho!" and the crew answers "two" or "six." chanda can't remember why. i'll have to ask my friend and fill this in.
members of the crew for this afternoon.
they also sailed beneath the brooklyn bridge which chanda and my friend found particularly exciting. it's just not a place that one often goes . . !
disembarking . .
it was also such a beautiful and warm day to be out on the water.
after ballet class chanda and morgana had tickets to see an american in paris, the musical for which christopher wheeldon won a tony (best choreography).
we've seen many of his ballets including cinderella and alice in wonderland. chanda also really likes the actress who plays the lead character, lise, in the show, as she is a first artist with the royal ballet company. she returns this weekend to london after being on broadway for a year and m and c were happy to finally get tickets to see her.
set for the opening scene . . morgana loved the character of the pianist the best and thought the actor was very good.
here's leanne cope! they had fun getting autographs after the show.
here's an interview with leanne and a backstage tour of the palace theatre.
