Urban Cities

Urban cities; Fast paced and hectic, but yet sill calm and serene. I imagine the streets overflowing with people and cars, all going in different directions, but oddly enough, everyone intersects on these busy streets at the same time. Among the fast pace of locals rushing to meetings and hurrying about, there is always that one person that is taking in all of the overwhelming newness to the rush experienced by all of their senses. Some of these new emotions are due to the familiarity we are able to locate in each person as being a normal day for them; while the other emotions are brought on by the first time I am able to appreciate a life so very different from my own.

I have never been to New Orleans, and cannot begin to express my gratefulness to have this opportunity. The only associations I am able to make with New Orleans is by what I have seen on the television. The images that I have seen include very hectic busy party life of Mardi Gras to the local residents that were terribly affected by Hurricane Katrina.  Although these are two very different extremes, what I hope to find in New Orleans is somewhere in the middle.