The Cloisters, A place of serenity

A couple of weeks ago, I tagged along with the Breedloves, Steven, Steven Jr., and Courtney, for a visit to the The Cloisters in the upper upper part of Manhattan. What a place place! The Cloisters is the branch of the Met devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Actual artifacts from old monasteries and cathedrals are embedded in the architecture of the Cloisters. It sits in Fort Tryon Park in Northern Manhattan overlooking the Hudson River. The views are breathtaking and for a brief moment you do not feel as if you are in a big city at all. There are no cars, or subways, and all the buildings are hidden from view due to the amount of trees surrounding the Cloisters. It's pure serenity in New York!
Cloisters were a garden type area in the middle of monasteries where monks could walk around and go from room to room.
They were fascinating pieces of architecture and walking through made you feel what it would have been like to be in a monastery walking around tending to the garden or meditating in prayer outside.
Inside the museum different halls had different pieces of art and artifacts from the midieval period. There were thousand year old wooden crosses that hung in the altars of these monasteries and churches as well as tapestries from the 1500s depicting the hunting of a unicorn. The tapestries are quite famous and extraordinarily detailed.
I could go and on and on, but I think you get the picture. if you come up to visit NYC, this is definitely a place off the beaten path you have to see. Admission also gets you into the Met.