New York

• JFK is big. But the signs are well placed.
• 5 dollars for the airtrain out.
• 2 dollars for the subway.
• Ticket machines accept credit cards, but don't give change for a 50 dollar bill.
• Yellow cabs.
• Yellow school buses.
• Extra long red fire engines.
  
• Big Ford pick up trucks with enormous wheels.
• No limos so far.
• No McDonalds spotted in Manhattan. Nor Pizza Huts. But Starbucks. And Radio Shack.
• Clumps of old snow lying around.
• Cold. Freezing wind.
• Very dark very early.
• Decently sized pizza slice with a decent topping serving and lots of cheese. Coca Cola on the rocks and people spotting from the window. Spanish speaking pizzaiolos.
• Lots of dry cleaners. And Manicures.
• The "coiffeur" sleeping in his chair while waiting for the next client.
• Everybody listens to their MP3 players. Sometimes to incredibly loud volumes.
• SUVs. Luxuses.
• Cars drive on the right side of the road. My world is whole again.
• I feel I am in a movie.