"New York" a New York City Travel Page by solopes

The strange thing about New York is that, whenever and wherever you go, everything seems new and familiar at the same time. We all "live" in New York, even without crossing the American border, and, once in location, all the new places we see are part of our memories. A lesson of architectural balance between size and space, the richness of forms and details, the mixture of cultures and civilizations, the American way of life... the... the... yes! It's there.

I visited New York for the first time in 2000, as a starting point of a circuit that took me to Washington, Harrisburg, Corning, Niagara Falls, and Canada. A few months later in a self-drive visit I went to Corning and Niagara Falls again, with a professional meeting in Rochester's university.
In 2004 I spent some more days there, in transit to the west, to visit California, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. By accident, after a few months, I needed to go to Seattle and Tacoma, stopping in my way back in Pittsburgh and, again, in Corning, surprising the nice lady in a library that couldn't understand what took a Portuguese four times to Corning (and I'm not sure it will not be a 5th).

But... that's personal stories. Back to the present:

Is it New York? Is it New Jersey? It sure is New World, and a gift from the old one. Liberty - Liberdade - Freedom. Yes, count me in. But remember: everywhere and for everyone.