Brief yet Lasting Feelings of New York City

Well, I have arrived in New York City after three wonderful weeks in Rome and I feel incredibly at home in this city that I have never seen before. I believe that this is partially due to my last three weeks being in such a foreign place that being back in the United States brings on a sense of unexpected nostalgia. New York is easy to fall in love with. It is so lively. There is no other way to describe it. Rome is a city with a great and powerful past. New York is so young and bursting with people from all walks of life. It is lovely to see mothers walking their children to school, businessmen with fancy suits and briefcases brusquely strolling to their important meetings and young teenagers messing around in shopping centers. It is all very comforting. New York is very much like the Met. It is this conglomeration of immigrants from everywhere. The rich, the poor, the all american, and the fresh off the boat are all thrown together here in New York. In the Met, unlike Italian Museums, there is also this sense of ordered chaos. Run from Medieval to nineteenth century paintings to Egyptian temples all in a matter of minutes. This is New York City to me.