My Top 5 list

(a post with no pictures)

During a training I attended last week, the trainer listed his four most beautiful places in the world:

-         San Francisco (USA)

-         Cape Town (South Africa)

-         Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)

-         Hong Kong (China)

Since then I have been thinking about my own list.

If I consider the world, Lisboa would be the leader. For everything! But that will be a topic for another post.

For now I am listing my top 5 for USA:

1. New York

For being full of life, day and night. For the buildings, the central Park, the Battery Park and the Bryant Park (my favorite), for the stores and restaurants, for the yellow cabs, for Times Square, for the universities, for the Brooklyn bridge (and the others), for the museums, for Little Italy and the Broadway shows, For the public library...

2. San Francisco

For the hills and lombard Street. For the cable cars, the Golden Gate, Alcatraz and China Town. For the piers...

3. Boston

For Boston harbor, the beautiful bay. For MIT and Harvard. For Cambridge and the Italian neighborhood. For the architecture...

4. Washington

For being modern, with large streets. For the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Lincoln monument (huge). For the parks and free museums, for Georgetown and the University...

5. Chicago

For the skyline. For the Sears Tower and its floor made of glass.For the peanut monument and its surroundings. For the lake. For the beaches...