We picked up our hire car a Honda Civic and started our 3 hour drive to Miami which was rather uneventful until.....Little did we know that in typical American style, some guy called the Vice-President of the USA decided that he would be leaving South Beach Miami via car the same time that Leah and I were arriving. This meant that the roads were completely closed and that we had to sit in yet another car park for the next hour and 15mins. After being 'totally w...

We arrived in Orlando after a particularly nasty flight, it was full of turbulence and more than once I was ready to get off the plane mid flight. After making it to our hotel it was time for a break considering Mark's sinuses were shattered and my nerves were in tatters. After chilling poolside with some lunch we decided to get some washing done in the coin laundry at our hotel and afterwards we headed across the road to a massive factory outlet. This place was ...

After arriving around 3.30pm by bus to Washington DC and then catching a taxi out to our hotel, we settled in to our new home for the next 5 days. Our room at the River Inn was a large and comfy place that included a kitchenette. Our hotel is the middle of GWU and hospital so we thought we'd go for a walk around and see what area of Foggy Bottom had to offer. We walked down the road past the metro station to find one of the best supermarkets we've ever seen calle...

Soooooo......... We got to Philly late in the afternoon after our non eventful bus journey and got a taxi straight out to hotel. We had to stay about 10 mins south of the city due to the fact that there was not a lot of accommodation left in the city itself. After settling in to our hotel and getting up to date with a few blogs and sorting out some bills we made the trip across the road for dinner at the Peking Inn. I managed to get Mark to agree on a little ...

After navigating our way through the underground which is very similar to the tube in London... evidently it even has the same smell... we found our way to our hotel, Yotel. Actually I will start with our hotel as it really was a cool place to stay. It was just a few blocks down from Times Square and the Theatre District. The hotel itself is very new and extremely modern, with self check in (exactly the same as the check in kiosks at the airport) extremely fast ...