New York, New York

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As the song recalls it is a wonderful town. Been away too long. Such a polyglot and eye popping city.

My more unusual takeaways are watching a man cross the road with a cat sat on his hat- Dr Seuss watch out.! The inner sanctum of the Met where the remake of the Crown Affair was filmed, one of zmy all time favourites : the pram pushers in Central Park ; the ubiquitous NYPD ; the crazy traffic and walk or not to walk signs; a smiling lady from a diamond shop window; and poignantly the words of a wife who lost her husband on 9 /11

"I didn't want that day to end ...terrible to admit as bad as it was,

It was still a day that I had shared with Sean "

Beverley Eckert wife of south tower victim Sean Rooney

Still a city of amazing vibrancy.

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