Sunday in New York - a picnic in the park

Well, not a lot really happened today. In the morning I went over to the UN to access free internet and post blog entries, as well as designing some promotional literature for our side event on Tuesday. It was really dark and spooky in the basement of the building, since tourists are only allowed in the upper parts, and the Vienna Café seemed slightly eerie without its usual bustling activity.

So after visiting a copy shop, surprisingly getting the flyer printed for free (perfectly legally) and grabbing a quick bite to eat it was time to meet up with a few more youth delegates for an afternoon picnic in Central Park.

It was the perfect day for this and there was a decent turnout; the picnic was a good chance to get to know other reps and plan things for the coming week. We finalised the agenda for the side event we're hosting on Monday, an interactive discussion session on the World Programme of Action for Youth's five new priority areas.

The 'picnic' went on into the early evening, well after our supplies of food had been consumed, and after that I went for dinner with a few others at a small place near our hotels. It was an early night though - after wandering the streets for a while and picking up some essential groceries, I went to bed after working on some more posters for the youth reps' display area.