New York – world’s
busiest, costliest, entertaining city. When my organization decided to send me
here for an assignment, it was like my family’s dream came true. I have been to
UK before but No, they wanted me to visit US once in my lifetime.
I flew for an US in
mid of March through British Airways. I was having halt in ‘my’ London for 4 hrs,
I wanted to go out for few minutes but my passport will not let me do that. I
said by to London with heavy hearted thinking that in future I will surely come
again and then flew for US. My plane landed in Newark International Airport
which is just 5-6 miles away from main New York. I was hoping that winter must have
gone but I was wrong, City was experiencing extended winter period. I enjoyed
that weather anyway. If you are coming from land where you feel like heater is kept
running on streets then this will you enjoy. I also witnessed snowfall that is
also in Month of March which rarely happens.
Best part of my
assignment is that my office location was in Times Square, the heart of the
world also known as ‘The Crossroads of the World’. I was staying in Jersey City
and I had to take bus, Gate 51 number which takes you to Port Authority Bus
Terminal of New York. This is the main bus terminal of New York City; you will
get the buses for all nearby cities from here. This is 3 floor bus terminal and
it has more than 300 bus gates.
If you take exit of 8th
Avenue from terminal, you will see New York Times building one of the tallest
in New York, When I tried to capture the entire building in one glance looking
upward I felt like dizzy, This is the first time I was taking look at such tall
building.
From Bus terminal to
my office is 0.5 mile short walk for which I have to cross one avenue (8th
Avenue to 7th Avenue) and they 3 streets. I took 42nd
street to cross the avenue first. This stretch has New York few attractions
like Madam Tussads, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Regal Cinema, IMAX Theater, and
Broadway musical play Theaters.
Once you are in 7th
avenue and 42nd street you are in Times Square, where Broadway and 7th
Avenue intersects, one of the world’s busiest pedestrian Intersection. This is
claimed as the most visited place by tourist in the world. Times Square is also
major center of world’s entertainment industry.
Times Square is place
where New York celebrates its New Year eve and the whole world watches it
through television. Its big hub for shopping, dining. It also has office of
NASDAQ. You will feel like some fair is going on, tour operators will ask you
and try to give information about New York tours. You will see people dressed
up in Statue of Liberty, Mickey Mouse, Mario, and Spiderman and may more characters
get up and inviting you to take photographs but obviously you have to pay them
for that.
I entered in office
thinking I am here only and there are lots of things to explore
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