They say all good things must come to an end and so too has Maddi and I's time in America. So the question begs, What was the highlight? For me I loved so much and it is honestly hard to choose. The city I fell most in love with instantly was Boston, the most relaxing and genuine American experience I had was in Corning with Maddi's family and I'd have to say the coolest thing we did was, and was always going to be, the Bahamas boat cruise. But then there was Ne...

The discrepancy from one town to the next in San Francisco can be quick and scarily obvious. One minute you're cruising down a laid back, luxurious street from all of those San Francisco images you have in your head from the movies and T.V. and the next you're in the Tenderloin looking at a string of homeless lining up for a soup kitchen while on the other side of the road you're wondering whether or not to duck a fast metal object that may come your way. It's an...

If I were to ever travel overseas for a long stretch of time like this again there is no doubting I would not be moving around as much as I have been here. The task of packing and repacking and lugging heavy bags around constantly I have discovered I quite dislike. Couple that with early morning wake up calls and an inability to settle I think will see me next time plan a stay at a particular place for at least a week or more. Maybe this sort of thing is fit for ...

Another day spent in Los Angeles yielded not one ray of sunshine but I somehow think that does not entitle me to any sympathy from anybody. The temperature was fine though and enabled me to sit atop a hop on hop off bus and take in the scenes Southern California has to offer. Starting at the ever popular Chinese Theatre on Hollywood boulevard, down to the famous Santa Monica pier and across to the Farmers Market it was a full day of sight seeing, some for the sec...

To state the blindingly obvious, I made it. Thirteen hours spent at an average of thirty seven thousand feet over the Pacific have seen me turn back the time zone clock to spend a lazy Sunday in Los Angeles while the rest of my fellow Melbournians start afresh for another work week (sorry, last gloat I swear). But it is winter over here and as of right now, and most of this day, it's been raining and my Northface jacket has made an unexpected early appearance. ...