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My first visit as a tourist to New York City

During the holidays of my first year at the university, my friends and I took a trip to a completely new world. Being from a small town, I had never really been faced by the aspects of a large city such as New York City. This trip was like discovering an entirely new life style that I have never seen before.

For several times the morning of the flight, I checked my staff to make sure I didn’t miss anything important behind. My heart was beating hard as we arrived at the airport and made our way to the boarding gate. Then from aircraft I was watching through the window, the buildings and houses became smaller and smaller as the plane gained altitude. A bizarre feeling overcame me as I realized that I would soon be in one of the most amazing cities of the United States.

While we were waiting for a taxi outside of the airport, it was immediately apparent to me that New York City was not the same as the other cities. It seemed like everyone there was in a hurry to get somewhere. The loud and constant sound of cars honking was heard throughout the entire trip. As soon as a car seemed to be going slower than the person behind him, he would hear the honk of that car to let him know that he was blocking everybody else. When we found our hotel in Times Square, I noticed that it wasn’t just the cars that were in a hurry. Everyone in the streets was walking at a brisk pace that indicated a rush to be somewhere. The transportation of the city was also far different than anything that I had ever been exposed to. In my home town, a bike, a car, or even walking was perfectly suitable for getting around town, but in this foreign land, there were many more ways for one to get to another destination. Everywhere you looked, there were people hailing taxis, waiting on buses, rushing underground to the subway stations, walking, or desperately trying to maneuver their own cars through the busy streets. Just standing and watching the many people rushing their own separate ways was an interesting observation.

Furthermore, the buildings were also an incredible sight. Each street was packed with buildings that were built side by side and a number of skyscrapers were present throughout the city as well. I was awestruck again as we went inside some of these buildings such as the Empire State Building and made our way towards the top. Standing outside of one of the top stories of the Empire State Building was awesome. I could hold the entire city in my hand from this view. I could even see Ellis Island a distance away from there. The stores were also large compared to the ones of my little town. The prices of everything in New York were almost triple those back home.

My trip to New York City was an extraordinary experience. For the first time in my life, I was exposed to a little taste of what the real world is like. The amazing means of transportation, the huge skyscrapers, and all of the thousands of people have motivated me to grow up and eventually move to an exceptional city such as this one. Either way, my first trip to New York was one of the most unbelievable, if I will have to choose my vacation, I will definitely do the same trip again. The only thing that I wouldn’t repeat is taking hotel at Times Square. We will be taking an apartment, and we will rent a car, the reason why is because it’s so expensive and we don’t really need

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