A visit to the remarkable
Cloisters museum in upper Manhattan transported Julie, Dan and Christine to 12th-15th Century Europe on Sunday.
They followed the tour through the building chronologically, seeing artwork and architecture from the Romanesque through the Late Gothic periods.
The Unicorn Tapestries are perhaps the best-known objects at the Cloisters, but there are many other beautiful works, and the museum (a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) does a great job of presenting them in historical context.
It was a return visit for Dan and Julie, who went to the Cloisters on one of their early dates when Julie was in a graduate program at nearby Columbia University.
The day was gloomy and rainy, but that just seemed to add to the atmosphere. It also made for an interesting view from the grounds across the Hudson River.
Have a look at the beautiful stained glass, tapestries and other artwork in Dan's photo album:
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