Nieuw Yahk Citay

Steaming asphalt mixed with tangible rotten french fries, taxi gasoline, and corner-shop Starbucks coffee and flowers compose the New York City air - a scent that cannot easily be forgotten, replicated, or even unmissed. Even though I was only there for two days, this is what I've gathered and believe to be true: The People - Almost "overly-helpful". <=Now, there's a sentence you don't often hear describing ANY American, let alone a New Yorker. The citizens went out of their own way to point one in the right direction (figuritively as well as literally <=any help is still help!), when they see distress they adress it, they generally have more manners and are more proper about most things. The Buildings - Amazing in the absolute. The modernity combined with special ethnic architecture in the old-town, Chinatown, and Little Italy is very stimulating. The Photography - Best shots can be had by taking a bay cruise with the Circle Line company aboard their ship the "Zephyr" and also from atop the Empire State Building. Unfortunately, while I was there, the Flatiron building was undergoing some facelift with much black scaffolding defacing the face of the front (sorry, had to seize the opportunity to "face"). The Atmosphere - I felt more safe traveling with 100+ strangers (mostly ethnic) in one subway car than standing next to an old man with a cane in the Metamucil aisle in Wegman's. If that's not saying much, then nothing is. Besides this, there are army-men with machine guns in all major areas of interest. NYC - You have to go...I thought I could never truly fall in love with an American-style city, but I believe I have and it may have changed the course of my life.