Being in New York again, I felt its resounding vibrancy and freedom. The beauty of it being a true melting pot of the world, and the ability to just go wherever and whenever your feet (and subways) will take you.

Lyle: "When will the train get here? When? When? When?"

New York's subway system gives anyone the freedom to get from point A to B to C, and back and around again very quickly and economically, without the hassle of traffic or trying to find parking. New Yorkers use the subways to go to work, visit friends and relatives, go to movies, restaurants, malls -- anything, anyplace you can think of.

"Papa Lolo, you mean I can't jump off this platform?"

Lyle loved the subway system, riding in a train underground, and even underwater (beneath the Hudson river from Queens to Manhattan).

"I love these trains!"