From my travel diary of December 20, 2010
We are on the plane that we're back home ... as soon as we got up off the ground I felt a pang of ... too many emotions in a week .. and the feeling that I get out of this city will leave a deep melancholy .. And that anger! It 's been around in a hurry .. TOO fast! It 'been a journey of wonder, magic, chaos, peace and freedom. We were told that not all like us can afford such a trip ... Comment sad, considering years that we plan and dream of going there ... I feel really lucky to have flown overseas .. and have a husband who shares my ideas ... and not throwing money into unnecessary purchases, parties and cocktails on Saturday night ... And then it is not just go there and see the Statue of Liberty, skyscrapers, lights and sewers ... smoking is a journey you need to hear not just see ... .. New York is nothing like the typical American city ... Go there and "visit" also the people, habits ... People go on the run, all seems angry, for his cabbages .. and then (nonsense) you are there with a map in hand you do not understand where to go and stop to ask "Can I help you? .. But ... we do here in Italy? Not to mention the fact that there are flags everywhere, and many New Yorkers with these shirts or caps with the famous writing I ♥ NY ... (which by the way I found is a registered trademark !!).. Again ... we do here in Italy? I really see you tomorrow at work to put on a shirt that says I ♥ Italy! Even (perhaps) if there were the World Cup! New Yorkers love their city, and only now that I understand why I was there!! However, it is true that are running, but it's amazing how walking, eating and drinking ... or keeping their balance on the underground with books, phones and many other things .. The other morning I saw one who composed music in the subway! She listened to the headphones, took time and wrote notes on a notepad! And still rising in metro also people who ask (and get!) Bids for the homeless ... then improvised performances everywhere to breakdance ... then in the bar where people sit with them and is the computer for hours .. and then in the libraries with sandwich and coffee leaf through books and magazines they read and are placing them and then go home ... This is ... this is my (now) I remember the big apple .. and what to say yet ... tomorrow morning I'll take my camera and I will go to work .. no taxi, or subway nor move from starbucks ... and I miss them also "enjoy" or "Have a nice day!" or "you are welcome." And now I remember what I wrote Elena before leaving to go to NY ... good for the soul, heart and also to view! It 's true ...
Goodbye New York!
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