The U.S.A. – Part 4 – New York
Sunday, July 8th, 2007
New York: Times Square and the Manhattan skyline
There is so much to see in New York and to be said about it that makes it difficult for me to fit it concisely into this blog. Pictures of places say more about them than I possibly could, so I have included as many as is necessary here (being that this is also my penultimate blog post…). I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by New York: I had expected an impersonal, heavily over-populated metropolis similar to London. What I found was a superbly diverse city thriving with culture and style matched by no other location – bear in mind when I say “I’ve been to New York!”, what I actually mean is that I’ve seen Manhattan – I’m sure I’d have a much different but hopefully balanced opinion if I’d witnessed the neighbouring boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. I did briefly make it over to Staten Island on the ferry though… [read on]
J