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Our last few days in the USA were spent road tripping through Nebraska – which was a hidden gem in our opinion. We didn’t really hold any expection of Nebraska, we were just going to have a night to break our journey back to the airport. However, we ended up enjoying it so much, that […]
Read More Nebraska, USAFrom Devils Tower, we made our way into South Dakota, our first stop was Lead on the outskirts of Deadwood. As we drove to Lead, we passed through the Black Hills of South Dakota and stopped for famous Indian tacos at Cheyenne Crossing. As we’ve been covering some large distances to get to this point, […]
Read More South Dakota, USAYou’ll have to excuse the next chapter of our trip- our trip was huge and I felt the best way to present it was to do 1 state for each blog post. However Idaho, Wyoming and Montana are just too intertwined and difficult to seperate, so this next chapter is a bumper edition. My best […]
Read More Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, USAOur arrival into Atlanta, Georgia was delayed but it didn’t matter to us- we were HERE! We travelled by cab to our hotel, arriving just before midnight, showered and went straight to bed. By 3am, our English body clocks were in full blown time to wake up mode- this always happens to us in the […]
Read More Tracks of the Deep South. A DIY roadtrip. Part 1; AtlantaDay 4 Before we could do anything, today we needed to pack our cases and check out of the room. We’d been really happy with the Martinque on Broadway as a base. We made use of their left luggage service, grabbed a coffee and donut each from the street seller outside and walked down 6th […]
Read More New York over Thanksgiving Day 4Day 3 We were up fairly early and decided to walk to the Intrepid Air and Space Museum. It was lovely walk of around an hour – public transport obviously available instead. The Intrepid Museum was brilliant. We loved the submarine museum and being on the aircraft hanger was fab. We saw Concorde and also […]
Read More New York over Thanksgiving: Day 3Thanksgiving Day Our alarm was set for 5am although in reality we were both wide awake at 4am – a combination of excitement and jet lag. We were up and out of our hotel by 5.45am, keen to get the prime viewing spot for the parade. I instantly started worrying – the streets were packed […]
Read More New York over Thanksgiving Day 2Day 1 | Wednesday We landed at the airport at 9am. Despite it being the day before Thanksgiving, the queues were minimal and we were through and reunited with our case within 40 minutes. We took the Air train to Jamaica and the the Long island train to Penn Station. this cost $15 combined and […]
Read More New York over Thanksgiving Day 1Friday “Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain mama Take me home, country roads” ~ John Denver I actually lost count of the amount […]
Read More Adventures in America; a Founding Fathers and American Civil War Roadtrip. Part 5 The Shenandoah National ParkWe arrived at Monticello, on the outskirts of Charlottesville early afternoon after an easy drive from the east coast of Jamestown. Monticello is well known as it was where Thomas Jefferson lived – nowadays it is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is perched up on a hillside and as such offers the most spectacular […]
Read More Adventures in America; a Founding Fathers and American Civil War Roadtrip. Part 5 Virginian Vineyards and Monticello