Category: Travel

• Leaving the hotel on the northern side of Cincinnati, we headed towards the city and visited the Cincinnati Zoo. Erin was a huge fan. They had a couple of elephants, some manatee (oh the huge manatee!), some hippos, various forms of monkeys, and a little train that I wasn’t allowed to go on. They…

• We left Washington, PA and headed further west towards Cincinnati, OH. Due to the way the state borders are drawn, this means we went from Pennsylvania, to West Virginia, to Ohio in the space of an hour or so. We’re practically in Europe at this point, crossing borders every 5 minutes. • On the…

• Ticked another bit of American cuisine off the list – Applebee’s! Actually really good, we had festive chicken and some tenders and it was all really good. Also Dr Pepper on tap. My favourite part of this country so far tbh. • We survived the night on the worst bed I have ever slept…

• We started the day with a return trip to the Australian Consulate where there was great success – an emergency replacement passport! Hooray, now we can both go home instead of one us having to live in America forever. • Then we said goodbye to our local train station – Grand Central. It was…

• With the sun shining and the temperature low (52°F! Sorry, not sure what that is in Celcius anymore I am too American) we opted to spend our last full day in Manhattan at Central Park. It was within walking distance of our hotel so off we walked! • You can always tell when you’re…

• Rain was forecast for all day, so we opted for indoor adventures today. • Started the day with another subway trip, this one a lot less exciting then the last couple likely due to it being a little early for the more unique characters. The subway definitely makes getting around quick and easy, with…

• Today we spent a decent amount of time organising an emergency replacement passport, because someone (who I shall not name because she already feels bad enough about it) left their passport wallet (including a rather substantial amount of cash, which I am definitely not bitter and twisted about) at the hotel we stayed at.…

• Started the day with a cheery visit to the Arlington Cemetery. It’s a beautiful location, but incredibly sad at how many lives have been lost and that’s just the people on one side of the fight. So many young dudes who barely made a start in their life. The saddest part, IMO, is that…

From Rocky training on stairs to Jacob ploughing, today took us from Philidelphia to Intercourse (not a typo).

• Started the day with a trip back over the border. After handing back in our moose, we left the Canadian side of the falls and returned to the US. • Back in gun land, we hopped aboard the Maid Of The Mist which is a fully electric boat that drives right up close to…

Against TLC’s advice, we did go chasing waterfalls. And moose.

• Started the day bright and early with a domestic flight from Vegas to NYC. Just in case you hadn’t lost your house gambling already, there’s pokies to play in the airport, which people were. At 5am. On a Sunday. • We took off in a desert, and landed in a surprising amount of greenery.…

• Started the day with a sleep in, which at the cost of the hotel meant it was probably the most expensive couple of hours sleep I’ve ever had. • Then for the first time in our lives, we used a laundromat! Talk about a cross section of society… from the rich and famous like…

• Started the day on a high – leaving Las Vegas • Took a ~3 hour bus ride to the Grand Canyon via a brief stop and photo op at Hoover Dam (where they literally do a security check of the bus to make sure noones carrying luggage big enough to blow up the place…

• Started the day with a trip to the LA Holocaust Museum. As always, a very sad part of history and the fact it was allowed to occur is just mind blowing. Then you read how the nazification of Germany played out and there’s so many parallels to the way certain situations have played out…

• Did a “Stars Of Hollywood” tour, mostly because it was the only half day bus tour I could find that actually went to a decent number of locations. We did the classic walk of fame (pretty lame to be honest, it’s 18 city blocks of essentially stepping stones) and got harassed by poorly dressed…

Up early in the morning for our first full day of America! Our first stop was coffee, of course. We got Starbucks with our name on the cup so we’d fit in. I got one with olive oil(!!!) added and it didn’t taste quite as weird as you are probably thinking. I don’t know why…

There’s a plane leaving for Los Angeles, and we’re going to be on it