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Our first impressions of San Francisco weren’t the best but that all changed on our second day when we finally saw the Golden Gate Bridge. No matter how many times you’ve seen photos of the bridge, and despite the fact…
Continue readingI’ve probably said it before but I LOVED Portland. It was my second favourite city of our trip (Vancouver may have been the end of our trip but it’s my favourite). What helped me love Portland wasn’t just the quirky…
Continue readingAfter breaking down in Yosemite National Park and effectively losing a day of exploring to logistics, we spent the following few days exploring as much as we could of the park. There were still parts of the park we couldn’t…
Continue readingAfter the longest detour of our entire trip (6 hours!) we finally made it to Yosemite National Park. I had big hopes for Yosemite National Park. It’s one of the National Parks that everyone has heard of thanks in part…
Continue readingWhen we decided to head down California’s Highway 1 towards Big Sur we didn’t get as far as we hoped. Last winter there was a huge storm which flooded most of the points travellers usually stop off at and resulted…
Continue readingIf you’re planning a cross-country American road trip the chances are you’ll end up in Florida at some point. And once you get there you’ll find there’s a tonne of things to do on a Florida road trip! Whilst Florida wasn’t my…
Continue readingSitting on the border (quite literally) of America and Mexico is El Paso. When we finally (read here to see what happened made it when we tried to get to El Paso & through border controls without our passports…) made it to…
Continue readingOne of the cities we ate out the most in on our American road trip was New Orleans. That shouldn’t come as a huge surprise given that it’s known as a pretty foodie place. We made sure to work through my…
Continue readingIt’s crazy how many photos we took during our American road trip. I haven’t counted but we easily took thousands between us and right now they’re on external hard drives and spread across both our MacBooks. In fact, I think we…
Continue readingGiven that a lot of the television shows and films we watch are set in America, I thought I knew it. I’d also visited twice (once to Boston & New England, and a long weekend in New York) when I…
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