New York - the city that never sleeps

New York is one of the largest urban cities in the world. It has more than 8 million people and it`s the first city in USA by population. It has five regions: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens in Staten Island. In city , there are almost 170 diffrent languages and about 36% of people are emigrants. It`s huge city but it`s not a typical American city.
The first name of this city was New Amsterdam, because it was in hands of Nederland. But it was soon conqerd by british and renamed in »New York«. In times of George Washington, there were about 33.000 people in the city. But in the next two years it has risen for nearly 1.1 milion . In the 19th century it was the largest migration place in the world. The next large migration wawe in New York came in the start of 20 century. The reason were two world wars.
My trip to New York took place during the winter holidays. The first few minutes on the Newark airport were already exciting . We stayed in a nice Chinese hotel in the centre, two minutes away from Time Square. The first sentence that came in my mind was »Every thing is soo huge!« Skyscrapers were everywhere. Manhattan is full of them. But other things are even more interesting.The Museum of Natural History, MoMA, Top of the rock , Statue of Liberty and more.... My favourite sight in this trip was Empire State Building. It`s the second highest bulding in USA. But we mustn`t forget » The Twins«. On September 11th 2001 there was a terorist attack .This event has changed New York forever. The Broadway show »Million dollar Quartet impressed me. I couldn `t believe my eyes . The musical was awsome. The next great show in NY that we saw, was NBA. NBA is very popular thing in the USA. NYK are realy good this year. They performed a great show in Madison Square Garden.
During this trip, we experienced an »American way of life«. We slept like them , ate like them, and lived like them for 9 days. I must say that it was quite difficult but it was funny. And I met my relatives in New York.
When people ask me: »How was it?« and as a joke I say : »Go and see for yourself! »
I suggest , that you go on similar trip and see that city! Like they say: »You`ll never know, if you don`t try it! »

Aleks Kavčič, 9.a