Von Atlanta nach Philadelphia - eine Reise durch die amerikanische Geschichte

Saturday 22.05.2010 / Atlanta (Georgia) The flight is going as planned, everything is full. In Atlanta, you collect your luggage and transport it to a drop-off point, which is...

Sunday 23.05 Dublin-Savannah (Georgia) At 08:50 we get in the car and continue heading east. The hotel even offered a small breakfast, but that saves money and a coffee is quite...

Monday 24.05. / Savannah (Georgia) & Hilton Head (South Carolina) It poured rain during the night and all we can see from the hotel room window is fog. Previously, we could...

Tuesday 25.05. Savannah - Charleston (South Carolina) We only start around 9:30 am and drive the Route 17 north and initially to Beaufort, which is supposed to be very...

Wednesday 26.5. Charleston & Boone Hall Plantation (South Carolina) At 9:00 am we are already in the car. Next to the hotel is a small restaurant where we get a bagel. The...

Thursday 27.05. - Charleston-Gatlinburg-Maggie Valley (South Carolina-Tennessee-North Carolina) Already before 8 a.m. we sit in the car, the sun shines from the blue sky, so...

On the go

Saturday, 29.05. Winston-Salem to Atlantic Beach (North Carolina) At 9:00 AM, we are back in the car and heading towards the coast. Our destination is initially a place called...

Beaufort, North Carolina

Monday 31.05. - Atlantic Beach - Kill Devil Hills (North Carolina) From beach to beach - that's the plan for today. At 9:30 AM, we set off towards Kill Devil Hills, which will...

Tuesday 01.06. – Kill Devil Hills / Cape Hatteras / Nags Head (Outer Banks) At 8 am, I am sitting in my Adirondack Chair (see above) in front of our room and first see three...

Wednesday 02.06. - Kill Devil Hills (Outer Banks) It is cloudy again as I step outside at 9.00am and look out to the sea. We have breakfast again at Jolly Rogers (the...

Thursday 03.06. - Kill Devil Hills-Williamsburg After an oatmeal breakfast, we drive to the mainland and north. For the first time in my life, I drive through a bridge tunnel....

Friday 04.06. - Williamsburg - Waynesboro The day begins with a tour of the so-called Colonial Williamsburg. It's great. You can see 88 original buildings (renovated/restored)...

Samstag 05.06. Waynesboro – Washington D.C. Schlecht geschlafen. Wir sitzen kurz vor 9 beim mickrigen Hotelfrühstück und treffen Dottie und ihre Schwester, die ich schon gestern...

Sunday 06.06. - Washington D.C. After breakfast in our room, we set off and first buy a ticket for the Hop-on-Hop-Off bus for $35 and then walk to the Old Post Office . There...

Monday 07.06. - Washington D.C. At 10:00 am we are in front of the hotel and walk to the bus. It is noticeably cooler than yesterday and when we sit on the open-air deck of the...

Tuesday 08.06. - Washington D.C. Our early start almost works. We're not leaving at 8:30am as planned, but at 9:15am, but that's okay. We drive from our station Foggy Bottom ...

Wednesday 09.06. Cloudy weather with drizzling rain as we set off in Washington. The 4 nights including taxes and parking in the hotel cost us 800 dollars. Cheap it is not.. We...

Thursday 10.06. – Lancaster – Philadelphia Breakfast at the hotel again, which wasn't bad at all. We hit the road around 10:00 am and drive back to Lancaster. The weather is...

Friday 11.06. - Philadelphia The educational trip is back on track...We leave the hotel at 9.00am and head towards the Independence Hall Visitor Center. We manage to get two...

Saturday 12.06. – Philadelphia – Atlantic City – Philadelphia – ? We have breakfast at the hotel and then visit the Quaker House opposite the hotel. It is a plain assembly...

Sunday 13.06. Philadelphia - Cape May Next to the hotel is a Starbucks, which - despite this godforsaken area - is open and I build myself up with coffee and a sandwich and roll...

Monday 14.06. A peaceful day. Nice. I get myself a bagel and coffee for breakfast and enjoy both in the sun outside my room. Then I take a little walk and grab my beach chair,...

Tuesday 15.06 - Cape May / Ocean City Bright sunshine - I have breakfast at the end of my street, which leads to the beach, in a small diner. Breakfast view The waitress is...

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 - Cape May An annoying fly wakes me up at 6:30 am. Why don't they fly onto chairs, shoes, or into the toilet, but always into the face? I doze off a...

Thursday 17.06.2010 - Cape May Hot, hot, hot! Plus a strong breeze in the morning. I have breakfast at the beach bar and do one of the two best things you can do here. I walk 2...

Friday 18.06. - Cape May - Philadelphia Somehow I am restless and after breakfast from the coffee shop I set off at 10:30. Slowly I meander along country roads through New...