Spending a night in New York

You probably know by now that I am currently in New Orleans attending the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (www.digitalwpc.com) – a conference dedicated to all the Microsoft Partners worldwide.

Travelling from Romania to New Orleans can be pretty adventurous. You will probably agree after I tell you that I had the following flying itinerary: Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest, Frankfurt, New York, New Orleans – thats about 18 hours of flying and waiting for connections. :P

I am not complaining here, don’t get me wrong! I mean I’m a hardcore traveller (i.e. I really enjoy travelling) and I am really happy that I was given this extraordinary chance. Actually the trip could have been a lot shorter if I wasn’t looking to spend at least a couple of hours in New York – a city that was until know a must on my bucket list. :P

I arrived in New York at 7:30PM local time and by 8:30PM I was out of customs and in New York. My plane was scheduled to leave for New Orleans at 7:04AM the next day so I had 3-4 hours to spend in NYC. I am a lucky guy because before leaving for the US I found out that an old (kindergarden) colleague and friend - Raluca Natalia Chirulescu is actually studying in New York. It was like 1,2,3 to get back in touch and she offered to show me New York in the short timeframe I had at my disposal.

I want to say that New York is just extraordinary. It hit me like nothing before in terms of WOW! :D Really, everything you see in the movies is just there, breathing and leaving. I’m not going to continue on this path, so I’ll leave the photos to speak for themselfs.

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