No New York, No Life

By Yusuke Tani

I went to New York City, and then I met my friend there after a long time. First of all, I saw the Metropolitan Museum which was terribly huge. I couldn’t see everything. If you saw everything, it would take the whole day. Next, I hung around Times Square. There were a lot of remarkable buildings. I had smoked beef steaks. They were quite expensive, but the other guys had a lot of money. It meant they could pay easily. I also didn’t mind paying there. At the end of the day, I went to the Empire State Building to see night views. Manhattan has so much attractive scenery. There were beautiful scenic night views.

Next day, I went to Ground Zero. I thought it was similar to the Hiroshima Bomb Dome. The World Trade Center (WTC) had been there, which was the tallest building in New York. I couldn’t find Ground Zero, so I heard of it from a Japanese lady near the subway station. There was already the new foundation of buildings. It took seven years after September 2001. Manhattan is the center of the money market, so it has many Japanese people. Sad to say, the WTC also had many Japanese people, and there were many Japanese victims. I received facts directly. It made me sad, but I thought we shouldn’t forget the facts. Next, I went to the Statue of Liberty, and I was excited there. I appreciated France because it gave the statue to the US on the 100th anniversary American independence. I had Korean food in midtown, and then I hung around there. I had a good time.

The third day, I went shopping at the outlet mall. There were 220 stores. I bought clothes, a watch, and something for US$300 or so. I made good use of a day.

On the final day, I had a steak at a fancy restaurant on Wall Street that was very expensive because Wall Street has lots of headquarters of financial companies. The dish tasted very good though, and then I went to 5th Avenue.

This trip was so good.