Times Square

I am pictured here on the street just where we emerged from the Times Square subway station, in front of what we thought at the time must be Times Square. Then we turned the corner and saw it (and the following image nowhere near does it justice).

I wish I had been taking video while we were there, because only with audio - and probably not even then - could you fully comprehend the chaotic assault on the senses presented by this place. It was raining, the crowds were mad, there were taxis honking and about four fire engines came past us, sirens wailing and horns furiously blasting as they tried to get through the traffic. Grumpy, damp, and lacking the day's first cup of coffee at about 3pm, we tried to find some shelter from the madness in Macy's department store - forgetting that it is two weeks until Christmas...