Flashback of NYC

So, I promised some pictures from NYC. I had to fly all the way to San Francisco, take an hour-long drive towards Sacramento and go into a pharmacy to get new batteries for my camera. Well, here we go.

The main form of transportation I used:


It really looks like in the movies. And this specific line, running all the way from outer Queens to almost the tip of Manhattan, was sometimes even scary. But of course nothing happened, even though sometimes I was the only white guy in the car, and possibly on the whole train.

But some of the stations had artwork the BKV and Zalakerámia should envy.

I think most of you recognize this lady. This was as close I could get to her, I simply did not have time to take a ferry. So I tried out the zooming function on my camera.



When I turned my back to the lady, there was this giant eagle.

I have no idea who the guy is in the turquoise shirt. This was the clearest shot I could get. This was the inscription on the base.

I suppose all of you have seen similar photos. This is simply to prove I was there and there is always a crowd. I accidentally went there around 1am and the crowd was just ad big as in daylight. Apparently too many vampires live in NYC.


I was offered to go to this university instead of Houston. I hope Houston proves I should have no regrets...


New Yorkers should finally decide what their city is called. Or they should at least decide what name they put on their City Hall.


Yes, I almost went across it, but realized it was just too long to cross on foot.


For those of you who are Sex and The City fans, Park Ave really exists, West Side Manhattan really appears to be a fancy place to live and Madison Ave is packed with stores like this.


But they didn't seem to have the infamous four hundred dollar slippers.

Financial Times must be really big over here.


The Metropolitan Transportation Authority also poses as the parents of all its underage users. In case the parents didn't teach this at home, the MTA comes to the rescue.


But sometimes they can be pretty generous. They simply let objects be. In fact, they require objects to be.


I found this on 5th Ave right next to Central Park. Couldn't make any sense of it. Perhaps children often run away to play in the middle of traffic. Or perhaps passengers in cars should not play this game insider the car.

The US has recently committed itself to participate in the reduction of greenhouse gases. It seems they found the perfect solution. A car that runs on milk instead of gasoline and requires 740 units for 100 miles. :)


Again, for those of you who are Sex and The City fans, this is a picture that often appeared in the series.