New York, the Capital of the World

Yes, New York…How many times I heard Frank Sinatra singing “…I wanna wake up in a city that doesn’t sleep” and I dreamt to be in New York…And finally, I went there last weekend (actually from the 10th to the 15th of March) for a short trip with Murat (my roommate) and Susan (a Dutch girl friend of us).

Well, what can I say about New York that anyone already said? New York is what for the Roman Empire was Rome, the Capital of the World. You cannot feel stranger in that city, because it belongs to everyone.

And it’s also for this reason that what happens there the 9/11 touched everyone so deeply, and I can assure that it’s still like this even now. I went to Ground Zero, I stayed there for a long time, looking at the site, at the names of people who lost their life that day, and I felt the same way I felt that day…hollow, and without any power. I felt like I don’t do enough for this world, I’m still trying to understand which is my “mission” and why I’m doing what I’m doing, if it can help at least someone to improve his life. And in that site, all those thoughts lived my mind…

Anyway, New York is a wonderful and incredibly enjoyable city. Skyscrapers dominating over narrow streets, water surrounding and defining the contours of the Boroughs, a Statue symbol of that Freedom that every person in the world should have.

One of the thing I missed was running in some places, like Central Park or the seaside. I would like to do it, and maybe one day I’ll do it, maybe for the New York City Marathon…Let’s see.

I don’t know how to narrate New York if not through pictures. So, in the following part you can see some pictures I took. I hope you’ll enjoy them with me…


The Broadway Theatre


Me, Murat and Susan in Times Square


Full moon "looking" at Times Square


A part of the victims list of 9/11 attack


The Statue of Liberty


Me with the Brooklyn Bridge on the background


The Rockfeller Center


The Brooklyn Bridge at night


"Unique Forms of Continuity in Space", U. Boccioni, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)


"Starry night", V. Van Gogh, Musem of Modern Art (MoMA)


Times Square as seen from the Empire State Building


Manhattan Midtown as seen from Central Park


The New York Stock Exchange


The Westin New York Hotel

Soundtrack : Follow through (G. De Graw)