Experience in New York
Andrew
In these 10 days, we have visited a lot of famous places such as SOHO, Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and so on, but the most exciting thing for me is just laying on a grass land.You will wonder why it is the most special experience for me and you will figure it out later.
This Tuesday, we went to the Lincoln Center and Columbia University. In the Lincoln center, we found a large area of grassland leaning on the building, it is amazing because the grass is growing regularly against the slope and I have never seen such a large grassland,even a complete grassland is rarely seen in China. Unsurprisingly, everyone was exciting when seeing the unexpected grassland and ran very fast to catch the land. I followed them to reach the grassland and laid on it. It was incredibly soft and comfortable, just like a pair of gentle hands are giving you a slight massage to make you get rid of the tired feeling. I looked upward, a huge shinning sun rested against a bar of cloud, and the fluffy cloud covered almost all the sky, the white and the blue mixed together to paint a extremely harmonious picture that I have no chance to see in China. During the ten minutes, I just laid on the grassland comfortably, enjoyed the sunshine and basked in the fresh smell of the grass. I see that other guys were also enjoying the afternoon time on the grassland, some guys even rolled on the soft grass, we laughed, we took photos, we relieved ourselves.
Maybe only the nature can make us more energized,more comfortable and more free to do the thing that we really want to chase. To tell the truth,this was my time to lie on the grassland and this was my first time to forget the pressure that the community brings me. This feeling is much more valuable than the shock of the Empire State Building that gave me. You know Beijing has a lot of significant building too,but I never get the chance to really enjoy the real nature and feel the way that nature brings me which is fearless, light hearted. I have enjoyed it in New York.
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ReplyDeleteOops, I just realized my earlier comment had a spelling error! Very un-teacherly. Just wanted to say that I love the image of the grass being soft "like a pair of gentle hands" and hope you get a chance to visit the High Line as well. It's a beautiful new park that runs down the west side of Manhattan from Midtown to Greenwich Village on an abandoned elevated railroad trestle. Gorgeous.
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