New Year - New York
NEW YEAR - NEW YORK So, it’s the New Year, January, that month that seems to go on for ever, cold, damp, dark. Time to indulge in a couple of my favourite pastimes, travel, and food. I’ve been to the Big Apple on numerous occasions before, so why go back? New York has a place in my heart from my previous career as a Firefighter and following the tragic events of 9/11 where so many innocent people perished, I was lucky to visit and play my part with other colleagues from the emergency services, the memories will stay with for me for ever - I love going back, it’s familiar but ever changing. New York for me is everything you’d imagine if you closed your eyes, yellow taxi cabs everywhere beeping their horns, traffic , the Iconic locations, Big American trucks, steam from the sidewalks and roads, bright lights 24/7, voices in every Language, street carts selling food of every description on every corner, riding the subway with people engrossed in their music, talking loudly to thei...