Category Archives: USA

Our decision to stay in New Jersey last night meant we had close to a full day in NY today, instead of arriving late afternoon. After dropping off the car at Hertz in NJ, we found a cab who got … Continue reading →

The day started with a drive to the Harvard Business School and a short wander around. We decided to then head towards New York to cut down the drive tomorrow, ready to give the car back early and make the … Continue reading →

First stop on the agenda today was a walk through Harvard Square, the central part of Harvard Uni. Lauren rubbed the toes of John Harvard for good uni luck and we checked out the main library. We then caught the … Continue reading →

Not much in the way of photos today, but lots of memorable moments. As we headed northeast toward Boston we had frozen waterfalls, a house overtaking us on the highway while we were doing about 75mph (about 120km/h) and lots … Continue reading →

As we suspected would happen, everything except the churches were closed in downtown Intercourse this morning. We had a short look around the town (while trying to find somewhere for breakfast), then headed east to Philadelphia.   In Philadelphia we … Continue reading →

As we set off today we had no firm plan, but knew it involved Gettysburg, then maybe Hershey and not-sure where-else. After a brief stop in Gettyburg we continued on. Another Civil War museum isn’t really required at the moment. … Continue reading →

Out last day in Washington, so lets try to wrap up all the things we haven’t made it to yet. Smithsonian Air and Space. So much to see and do. Next was playing in the frozen water feature… then on … Continue reading →

Today was our day of American History and world culture. Metro into town and straight to the Smithsonian Museum of American History. So much to see, but again we had to keep moving. Next was a stroll through the National … Continue reading →

So this is what cold feels like. Woke up to 21 degrees. Sounds fine except that’s Fahrenheit. Minus 6. Minus 13 with wind chill. Cool. First stop was Georgetown via some interesting looking suburbs of Washington while we could get … Continue reading →

The day started with a bolt through Arlington Cemetery to meet our Hop-on-hop-off bus. We then toured around for a while, getting out bearings, then hit the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. It would be easy to spend all day … Continue reading →