I remember when I was young and we have to travel far for the first time to transfer to another place, I sat by the window of the train. It was the first time I ever traveled far and on a train. As it was a 10 hour journey, I have seen many beautiful types of scenery β the green mountains, the tall coconut trees, the vast ocean and the rivers, they all fascinated me. However, after seeing for the first time the city lights from far away, I thought they are beautiful, as if the lights are dancing in the moonlight, like there are many candle lighted from far away or itβs as if the bright stars are just there, so near and in my grasps.
As I grow old, and since I am fond of watching movies, I observed that there are many romantic scenes where lovers are near at the edge of a mountain and were looking at the city at night. I guess because it adds that aura, that feeling that the lovers were all alone but they knew that there were people at the city and it gave them excitement or thrill.Β Another scene would be where a man or a woman was just standing or sitting near the edge and was looking at the city at night. Here, it was used usually to depict the sadness, loneliness that they are feeling or that they are contemplating things like changes in their life or hard decisions they had to face or they may even think of ending their life.
When I worked in the city and traveled by bus looking out the window, the city at night then had a different effect on me. I can see many people in a rush; they are like a hodgepodge of walking dolls with blank faces. I wondered if I am one of those people, does someone who was also on a bus looked out from its window have seen me. Does this person have thought about these people that were in a hurry? Then as I looked up at the buildings, especially condominiums or apartment buildings, I thought about those people inside that house. How does their house look like? What are they doing? What are they thinking? What are their problems? Are they alone or with someone? Are they single or married? Are they happy or sad? Are they listening to music? Are they reading a book? These things just conjured up in my mind, maybe because at that time I am sad and somewhat philosophical in my views. However, these things still lingers in my mind especially if I travel and saw the city at night.
How about you dear readers, what are your thoughts when you are travelling and see the city at night?
Another world is created when the sun goes down. Buildings, scenery and even people are different.
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I guess, the night has that effect and it depends on someone’s perspective. Thank you for the visit π
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Beautiful !!
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Thank you Leyla π
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Beautiful article. Reminds me of my childhood when I used to travel with train and bus overnight, looking out of the window and had my mind traveling far. My favourite was to see people’s houses and imagined how it would be like to live in it. Every house offers different story. Thank you for reminding me of this π
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Glad to know it reminded you of your childhood. Thanks for visiting…Hugs to you! π
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I share you love for the city lights at night time. In my city, Pittsburgh, when you enter from the west you go through these tunnels and when you exit the view of the city is spectacular! I’ve lived here most of my live and though I can no longer see the view as I did before my vision loss I can enjoy seeing it in pictures and it’s still quite vivid in my mind.
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Thank you for sharing about your city and what you love about it. I guess what really makes it special is the wonderful feeling it brings to us when we see the the lights. Hugs and love to you from my part of the blogosphere. π
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Right back at ya β€
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I love to travel by train especially at night. It is like the world is revealed to me in bight size pieces – each set of street lights or house lights deliver a new scene and something new to roll around in my mind – lovely post, thanks for sharing π
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Thank you Andy, glad you like it. And yes, travelling by train at night is really a wonderful experience π
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I could see every thing you wrote in my head. The feeling made me smileπ
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Glad to know it made you smile. May you have a wonderful day! π Thank you for taking the time yo read π
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I love night travel. I remember many years ago, I was sat on a coach travelling into New York at Christmas, and all I saw was incredibly beautiful holiday decoration decorating high-rises….a truly magical sight.
Thank you for visiting my page. Travel safe.
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Thank you too for visiting and yes city at night can be magical. π
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Excellent explanation
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Thank you very much for taking the time to read and for visiting. π
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My pleasure
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I remember as a small child visiting a large city and being amazed at all the lights. Now as an adult and living in that city for 26 years, I am ready to go outside of the city so I can view the stars at night. Living in a city of lights takes away the stars. Good post, I enjoyed reading it! π
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Thank you! I’m really glad you liked it. Yes, indeed living in the city of lights takes away the stars. π Thank you for reading and visiting:)
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A city skyline at night is magical.
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Yes it is π Thank you for visiting!
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When you arrive a new city especially in the advanced countries by night by plane it can be wonderful especially if you are only used to small towns. Thanks for this post.
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Thank you for visiting again Sir π I’m very glad you like them π
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You are welcome.
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hi shine.you do draw a lovely picture of the city by night…cities all over are the same bright, embracing but impersonal….
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Thank you very much yosh! Yes, cities usually are impersonal, people are busy and usually don’t have time to coonect.
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When I am in a vehicle in the city at night I think about how all people are connected and that although these people are strangers they have the same dreams and wants that I have.
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Yes, we are all connected but sometimes we are focused on myriad of things we feel we are disconnected. Thanks for sharing and visiting! π
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Hello, thanks for stopping by my post, Lets see, the biggest city I have ever lived in was 50 thou, even then I am living out in the country…no lights to be seen…only the big beautiful moon….however the really big cities I have been in, I love the city at dark from behind closed doors and opened windows…I have been in Seattle, and it is a very beautiful city after dark, London is ok, but its so bright it doen’t glisten like the it should, maybe because of where we were staying..??? Paris on the other hand,,,I would never get tired of the lights of Paris…Oh my….the Notre Dam, the Eiffel Tower, the lights of the Seine…can you tell that city has me by the heart string…LOL one of the most pretty night sights I have seen was sitting up on a dock in Craig, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island…a little fishing village, watching the trawlers come back into the harbor, it was so dark out, and the water was so still…all you saw was the boats and there reflections on the water as the streamed by one after the other….cell phones didn’t exist back then, and I never carried a camera….thanks for bringing back some beautiful memories to my mind….it will make the day even better….look forward to your blog…kathy
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That’s an awesome travel Kathy! You really had a great time in those places π I’m glad my post evoked some beautiful memories for you. I look forward to reading more of your post. You have a so many things to share regarding your travel, now I must say you must write about that! I’ve never been to another country and may never will but I loved reading or watching about different places. It helps to know different cultures and perspective. Thanks for visiting!
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youi must try to get to another country…so interesting…pick one close and give it a try….If I had gone to Paris as a young women, I would of never come back..LOL Now I am married to a German and he doesn’t have any desire to visit France, let alone Paris..LOL but he doesn’t deny my traveling there…you really must try….its worth the money and time….
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I guess I will if I can afford, I can’t even travel in beautiful destinations here in our place. I guess it is noty priority but I will love to see Paris – Eiffel Tower and Louvre π
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they are both worth every penny….there lots of cheap places to stay…hostels, and some of the hotels aren’t to bad….not sure where you live but I am betting there are some pretty areas right by you….I would of never seen the USA if it wasn’t for my husband, he is from Germany and love to travel, we bought an RV and are in the process of seeing the USA one state at a time…LOL
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I live in the Philippines, really can’t travel…I have a 3 yr old so he is my priority for now π Glad to know you are enjoying your travel throughout USA π I’ve seen your email add in one of your post, is ok if I write you, just to know you better π
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sure…..no problem…..and I know by word of mouth what a beautiful country you live in…..very exotic…
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Thank you, yes, it is beautiful same as your country. π I guess each country has its own beauty and unique quality to offer. Now, as you are RVing you are able to check all the beautiful things your country has to offer π God bless!
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yes, I didn’t realize how much beauty we do have…I am blessed to be able to do this….and I love it….rving is like being home, you have all the comforts anyway…I couldn’t so a tent and sleep on the ground anymore….
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RVing is not common here, small place and roads π Yes, you are indeed blessed π
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You captured memorable images of cities at night. I love your story of first seeing city lights at night when you were a child.
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Thanks a lot! It indeed triggers memories, I just remembered that when we are required to choose a picture as a prompt. Thank you for your kind words and for visiting! π
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Night travel…depending on which means of transportation. If i am travelling by air… i watch movies and in between take a peep at the kind of movie my neighbor in front or beside me is watching. Their movie choice tells me something about such a person. Thanks for sharing.
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Hahaha I may probably watch a movie too or may take a peek at the movie someone beside me is watching if I am on an airplane but probably because I just want to know if I like to watch that movie also or not. Now that you say that I may think about what that person’s personality is. Thanks for visiting! π
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Oh Shine, I loved this. You grabbed my attention and I hung on.
I am a country girl and would hate living in a city of any size. Having neighbors close by would be weird for me now. Yet, I love to visit the city, especially at night with someone familiar with the area.
The lights at night are awesome. Where in the daytime things might look a little dingy at night they look magical.
They is alway so much to see during the day and at night. People watching for one. The huge building and skyscrapers fascinate me.
I imagine the people who worked on them. I want to see the offices. How stylish they are
When I see houses I want to knew who lives there and for how long? How many kids do they have? Animals.
I imagine having to live there.
It wouldn’t all be bad.
OH THE FOOD. I could order in 24/7.
Even here, in the area I am from, I find myself wondering who lives in the houses as we drive by. I find myself wishing it was our home.
Or I see the beautiful yard. The garden.
Yes, I look at everything. Every time I get Out.
Love and Hugs Sarah
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Thank you very much I’m very glad you liked it. We really have so many things in common my dear Sarah π We have such curious and inquisitive mind I think lol π Love and hugs to you! I hope you feel much better now π
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What a great post! Whenever I visit a new city I always want to go around during the day and also at night. It looks so different during these two times and you described the feelings so well when seeing a city at night time. My favorite city to see day and night is New York City. π
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I am glad you liked it! I think New York is one of the best cities to see at night even if I amy never be there. lol π I just thought that since I’ve seen it used regularly as a setting for movies. I’m not sure if it is the one they said “the city that never sleeps”. Thank you for the visit!
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Yes NYC never sleeps but I think that saying also goes with Las Vegas! That’s another city that lights up like crazy at night! π
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Yes, I think Las Vegas really never sleeps, lots of casinos lol π
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Yes you’re right, there are lots of casinos!! Even in the airport there are some just before you board the plane to go home in case you didn’t get enough while you were there! π
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For one who come from a small town to a big city, it had frightened and excited me. I agree with you that feeling you get riding on the bus watching the hustle and bustle. It’s a exhilarating feeling.
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Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. Yes, it is an exhilarating feeling π
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I love your first description of that journey and how you felt and what you saw! I also like the different ideas about the city lights and what it can mean! Love it
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Thank you Lynz! I am so happy you liked it π
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It made me think of being a child!!
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I always remember my childhood days, if only we could go back π
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oh yes!!
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I love this post. Great descriptions. I’ve always found it fascinating to catch glimpses through windows at night as I drive by. I guess that makes me a Peeping Tom.
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I think peeping tom is not the correct term, maybe curious cat? π
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When I travel I like to take a train to tour around the city, if it is available π
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Yes, riding a train is my favorite way of transportation π
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Beautiful post! I can relate to a lot of things since I have similar thoughts when I’m traveling especially at night. I always wonder who must be staying in the building/ houses..what they must be eating or how they must have decorated their houses lol.
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Good to know I am not the only one lol π
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Hahha I’m right there beside with you having all these random thoughts π
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That will be good π
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I could visualize the whole scene of sitting on a hilltop and looking down at the city lights! It is fantabulous! π
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Thank you very much Rashmi! I just write based on an experience or memories usually. I’m glad you liked it π
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That is indeed the best way to write.
If you dont min, may I suggest spliting your post into paragraphs, it adds emphasis and becomes easier to read. Just a suggestion π
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Ah yes. I forgot that. Thanks Rashmi. I just finished it and just post it as I feel I am too late lol π
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No worries, you were in time for us here! π
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I sometimes think that I would go into a hilltop and stay there for awhile, seems serene. No hilltop here though. Just like the place where you and your son went, looking at the river π
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Yea it can really be serene, calming and beautiful! The best part is you would have no idea how long you have been there because you will lose track of time!
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I will definitely lose track of time there π
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Nice.. I am sure most people have felt it in some way or the other. You triggered off my own memories.. and somehow, looking at a city in the middle of the night always made me sad.. especially when I was passing by – train or bus journey.. and I would always wonder.. could I possibly get off here and get to know the people living here? or will I make new friends here? and then when it passed by I would be gloomy that I never met a single person who came from that place.. ok, silly me π But your words reminded me.. thanks so much..
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Yes, I feel that too π Maybe that is why I really don’t like to live in a city with tall buildings.
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Haha.. cities are impersonal, they do not have life really.. just little pockets of humanity living like islands. I cannot relate to them very much. In fact, I live in a village because of that.. and I seldom go to the city, if at all..
I like the feeling my village gives me.. at least I know the faces of the people I see, if not know them personally.. and they all know me.. most of it is familiar.. and even if there are lousy people here too, it does not matter. At least we know that they are lousy π
In a city, there is nothing like that. Even the hatred is mindless, impersonal and detached. It scares me, in fact.. the callousness, the lack of empathy and the mad rush to go someplace, when nothing really important awaits them either..
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I agree with you, that is why in my last full time job in the city, I had to go home even if it means traveling far. I don’t want to rent or stay there, I feel like I am suffocating, and the pollution, I feel like it is killing me slowly.
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Oh yes, that too.. but you know what, the pollution is slowly creeping on us too.. The air, the water, all different now.. sad..
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Yes, really sad…:(
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You and me both! I love the feeling of this post, you captured the essence so well that I can actually visualise it. So
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Thank you! I guess when we are traveling at night and look out at the window, we can’t help to contemplate on things. π
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That’s alright.. π
If I’m honest I go on random journeys a lot and just put my earphones in…contemplating is practically my middle name by now :p x
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I think it could be a good way to generate ideas π
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Definitely π
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