Kate took a long and tiring flight to New York City. Her friend Pat met her at the huge JFK airport and helped her navigate it. They took a taxi into the city, passing through diverse neighborhoods on the hour-long drive. Kate was amazed by the skyscrapers and busy Times Square, full of people, lights and advertisements despite it being closed to cars for a holiday. After resting at Pat's small but cozy apartment with a park view, they visited Central Park's largest fountain while it was still mostly empty in the early morning.

1. A trip to New York
My name is Kate. Last summer I was in the United States. The
voyage by plane was long and tiring and the plane ticket was quite
expensive. It took me ten hours to get to the New York airport.
My friend Pat was there waiting for me. I was
surprised by the size of the JFK airport. It is huge and
there were many people. I was glad my friend was
there, otherwise I would have probably got lost.
A few minutes later we were in a cab. It was a typical
NY cab – big and yellow. We were in the car for an
hour. There were poor neighborhoods and rich ones.
Downtown was fantastic. There were huge
skyscrapers, and big round points. The largest and
busiest round point was the famous Colobus Circle.
There was a terrible traffic jam.

2. Later we had lunch and visited some nice museums.
In the evening we went to the world-famous Times
Square. There were hundreds of people, huge neon
lights, billboards and advertisements. And there
weren’t any cars because it was a holiday and the
square was closed. I was amazed!!! We were also in
one of the Broadway theatres to see a musical.
I loved it!
We went to Katie’s apartment to leave the luggage and rest a
bit. It was small and cozy with a nice view of the park. I wasn’t
very tired, so we went to see the biggest fountain in New York.
It was the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. There weren’t
many people in the park, because it was still early in the
morning.