Stateside Part 3

Our US trip finished in New York, where we discovered that the city really never sleeps. It is such a jumble of memories and impressions that it defies a written account. Among the things that stand out for me are Ground Zero (a profoundly moving experience), the High Line, Central Park and the buzz of the city at night. Of the five evenings we were there we spent three at shows. We saw Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" with James Earl Jones chewing up the scenery, a dazzling musical adaptation of "Mary Poppins" and, on the last evening, a superb production of Benjamin Britten's sombre opera, "Billy Budd", at the Met.

Otherwise, all I can do to give some idea of the kaleidoscopic, "larger than live" experience is to present these miscellaneous photos.