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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.

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.

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! 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.