Our next stop on our US tour was none other than the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. It's no exaggeration to say that Jess was dreading this part of the trip. She was justifiably concerned that, as the Washington visit devolved into a nerd-fest of one museum after another, she would succumb to a boredom-induced coma. She ended up being partially right on the first aspect and totally wrong on the latter. The D.C. visit was dominated by museums. But Jess loved e...

As any avid reader of this blog will know, Jess was in charge of planning the European leg of our trip due to her previous experience travelling through parts of Europe. For similar reasons, I was tasked with planning the US leg of our journey through the free world. One of the essential stops in our USA visit was the east coast city of Philadelphia. Why is that, you ask? The fact that you even have to ask shows just how much you have to learn my young Jedi. Ph...

Our final night in Boston gave us a sneak peak of the American winter that was fast approaching us. New York, however, was not so subtle in introducing us to the elements. In typical New York fashion, the cold weather got up in our face and let us know who the boss was. These two little warm blooded Aussies were a long way from the red sands of Broken Hill (and, in my case, the wog-filled streets of East Keilor). Despite the chilly conditions and a nasty cold tha...

After almost two weeks at sea, our cruise ship pulled into Ft Lauderdale, Florida and we planted our feet firmly in the USA for the final 10 weeks of our trip. Following an overnight stay in sunny Ft Lauderdale we boarded a flight to Boston to begin in earnest the US leg of our trip.Boston turned out to be the ideal first stop - a big city but not too big and hectic, and a place to catch up with friends old and new. The old friend was a girl named Rosie, whom we...

Having completed our 5 month journey through the West of Europe, we were ready to make our way to the good ol US of A for the final 10 weeks of our trip. When we were planning this trip we quickly discovered that it would be cheaper and more interesting to take a cruise from Europe to America, rather than taking a flight in cattle class. And we could take advantage of the many days at sea for some much needed R&R after carrying our 25kg backpacks around the...