My Foreign Travel Notes (4) trip to USA (1)

May 18, 2023

My Foreign Travel Notes (4) trip to USA (1)

I left for America in 2000. I remember day CEO approached me and said that he was planning to go to United States for a short time. It was an exhibition organized by bureau to organize various subsidiaries to go to New York, United States to showcase and promote their products. .There are two positions in our company, one for head of sales department and one for me, and part-time translator.

After necessary preparations, two of us took necessary exhibits and samples, as well as our own things, followed everyone, led by bureau, and set off on a trip to New York in June. For this business trip, I still used huzhao business trips, and total time was about 20 days.

When we arrived in New York and were provided with accommodation, we went to exhibition to set up our booth. I remember that exhibition area is very large, divided into zones, a middle aisle, and stands similar to small grids on both sides. The next day, exhibition officially started, and we also received clients at exhibition, communicated with consultant, guests exchanged ideas, phone calls , that is, jobs on show. At that time there were no mobile phones, and they were all business phones. When I arrived in New York, I bought a magnetic card from a small shop down street. I used hotel's magnetic card phone at night to call company. work phone and home phone to let me know I'm safe. In those years, there were many separate telephone booths in lobby of hotel, which were specially used for talking on phones with magnetic cards.

I remember that there are five days before and after exhibition. Buses run in morning and evening to pick up and drop off. I work during day and stay at hotel at night. I can't go casually. There are discipline requirements. Soon exhibition will end, and work will come to an end, and rest of time, bureau will organize our joint activities, that is, organize visits.

In eastern United States, I remember visiting New York and capital, Washington. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to visit Niagara Falls on US/Canada border. In New York, we looked at Brooklyn Bridge and walked along Fifth Avenue. We didn't buy anything because we were afraid of embarrassment. We didn't go to many stores. We stopped by famous World Trade Center only to see it on road. , take elevator to very top and look at cityscape from a bird's eye view. Remember that when you line up in front of entrance, everyone will be photographed. When you exit, there are several photos of you hanging on wall at exit. If you are satisfied with any photo, you can take this photo, paying, of course you do not have to. Times Square and Wall Street in New York are also famous, in addition, they specially go by boat to Zia Island in Hudson to view statue of Zia Nvshen up close. New York, this shsmart metropolis, made a deep impression on me.

I remember general manager of our neighboring company had a friend who was in New York and invited us to lunch that day. Fresh deep sea cod on table made a good impression on me. We visited Chinatown in New York. York, and took us to furen area by car, and also went to black area. There is a road in middle, and scenes are very different on both sides. I remember that there were very few people on streets of black area, and this was also due to anxiety, so I just drove around this area in a car without getting out of car.

In New York, we also drove to a hypermarket, which is full of branded clothing, similar to current stores in China. I remember that Polo t-shirts cost $10 each, which is very cheap. Bought a lot of return and give to a colleague.

In capital city of Washington, we also visited several sites, from Capitol Hill to Lincoln Memorial, from White House to Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument, very historical and representative sights.

Washington, I get impression that there is no impetuousness and prosperity of metropolis, streets are clean and tidy, but there is a deep cultural and historical accumulation.

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