Travelogues USA

Thursday, October 19, 2023, day 19 IN ADVANCE !! : we are in the Wild West and internet is a matter of luck. Sometimes we have 3G, sometimes nothing, which tests our patience....

Visiting a (historical) recording studio is probably only an exciting affair for some musicians or those interested in learning about the history of music recordings or who want...

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, day 10 The day started with a spectacular sunrise over Clear Lake, I watched it from our friend's living room at 7:00 a.m. with a cup of coffee. After...

Thursday, October 5th, 2023, day 5 Today was another beautiful day, cloudless and sunny and 30°. We took the bus to Alamo Square because there are the “Painted Ladies” (7...

We had a really cool AirBnB for accommodation in the city of Fresno, which is located between Sequoia National Park and our next destination, San Francisco. The whole house was...

A hop on hop off tour was on our program for the past two days. We made a stop at Beverly Hills. It's obviously a quarter of the rich. There are beautiful villas there and palm...

Shenandoah National Park is a narrow corridor, approximately 800 square kilometers, in the southern Appalachians in Virginia. The street “Skyline Drive” runs through the entire...

We left beautiful Utah, drove to the state of Arizona and there to the small town of Page. This was founded in the 1960s when construction of the Glen Canyon Dam began. We were...

The day before yesterday we had a flight from Newark Airport to Las Vegas. We immediately found our way around Terminal A. Everything is very clear and very well signposted...

Our next stop “Grand Canyon” has been reached. We have moved into our campground, which is idyllically located in the forest. There was really nothing here and it took us “Back...

Friday morning in Cape Coral: blue sky, sunshine... We head to Sunibel Island. This island hit Ian particularly hard last year, a lot of storm damage is visible here, the...

After a relatively comfortable night (despite the location of the "overnight place" on Highway 1), we get up early to pack our things (how do we get everything back into our...

As if there were two climate zones, in NY it feels like 20 degrees and quite humid, and here it's summer with 32 degrees. Accordingly, we are flat at the platform and have to...

Today we have a really long stage ahead of us. 300 miles through Yosemite via Tioga Road and Route 395 to Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park. Although we are on the...

Manhattan

Day 12 The second part of Yale we explore this morning. The numerous individual colleges are lined up next to each other. We want to visit the Law School. It is also summer...

Chatham

Day 7 Through the rain we go from Springfield to Boston. Not on the interstate but through the villages - like America of the past - through endless forests, past lakes full of...

After yesterday's drive along the North Coast of Oregon with fantastic panoramas, we were very excited about what awaited us in the south of the state coast. Could it be topped?...

Enjoy a cozy breakfast and then leisurely pack your bags. That's how our day started today. The plan was to drive further down Highway No 1 to Bixby Creek Bridge and then to...

Breakfast in bed ... that's the way it should be ...

Von der High Desert im Westen New Mexikos geht´s gewaltig runter in die Wüste des südlichen Arizona - weit mehr als 1500 Höhenmeter, was wiederum die Temperatur mindestens...

Since we are flying again in two days, Jeani offered to drive us to Seattle again. First we went to the old Central Market and then briefly to downtown. The highlight of the...

Today's day is completely chaotic... something is wrong. We planned to visit the 9/11 Museum, the World Trade Observatory, and the Statue of Liberty. We took the train for 20...

On Christmas morning, we started off very relaxed! The thermometer showed -13 degrees. We didn't have a big program planned. The stores were open as usual, so we went on a...

Today we relax on the beach and explore the Waikiki Beach Walk in the evening

The evening we arrived in San Francisco, we stopped at the Golden Gate Bridge viewpoint before driving over it. It was a fantastic view of the city with the iconic bridge in...

Wir fuhren weiter südlich und machten zuerst Halt in der schönen kleinen Stadt Trinidad. Im Hafen sah ich sogar für ein paar Sekunden eine schwimmende Robbe. Auf der malerischen...

Fortunately, we didn't stay overnight in Lexington as originally planned, so we saved over an hour of travel time this morning to finally reach the Blue Ridge Parkway. To put it...

Universal Studios and Las Vegas for the first time