Travelogues USA

Today we moved to Clearwater Beach, about 2.5 hours from Kissimmee. Here, there will be sun and swimming and beautiful sunsets. Maybe we'll see the dolphins jumping?

The pool in the morning and then shopping before the celebration of the 4th of July. Food trucks and fireworks 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Disneyworld with a Star Wars theme. Vincent got to make his own lightsaber (early 10th birthday present).

We were at the beach and went into the water even though it was cold. After swimming, we lay in the sand and buried ourselves. It has been a great day. Best regards 🐹N

Dear followers, We are writing to you one last time on our blog. Because tomorrow (29.05.25) we are heading back to Germany. The last three weeks since our vacation have flown...

After a busy breakfast with pancakes again, now also waffles, cinnamon cupcakes, and desserts, we got into the car around 9:00 (not everyone who wanted to eat had a seat at...

Friday, January 3 Woke up on time to have breakfast and head to the Disney parks. Magic Kingdom is crowded, and we can make a u-turn to then go to the Hollywood studios. It's...

There is a lot of traffic on the highway even on Sundays at 08:00. We are on our way to San Diego, about 2 hours of driving on 4 to 8 lane highways (of course per direction!). I...

This text was first posted on Facebook in January 2022. USA Update: What I enjoy about slow travel is not just the fact that I am traveling in a more environmentally friendly...

When I discovered I would be working at an amusement park in L.A. during my gap year, I was extremely excited. I thought working there would feel like one long vacation. Boy,...

Early Morning breakfast Then some proper swimming in the hotel pool Preparing for and riding over to the parking lot of the Nounou Mountain Hike, took only 15min Hiking up the...

Getting up at 7.30 am to be well ahead on time to drop the the rental Wrangler at Kahului apt and move through security for our flight to Kauai. Nice smooth flight to Lihue apt...

Beach day at Kama‘ole beach with some decent open water swimming and beach time A nice salad lunch at home Picked up our friends in Kahului to ride over to see the Haleakala...

After three days in San Francisco, we continued along Highway 1 towards Morro Bay, where we made a stop for the night. On the way from SF, we made another halt in...

A new highlight is on the horizon, Bryce Canyon. In 1 hour's drive, we arrive at the National Park and even manage to find a parking space. Then we walk to the edge and are left...

The previous day still lingers in our bones. So we only get up around 9 AM. The usual morning routine begins. By 11 AM we are on the road. It will be the hottest day of our trip...

The controls at Los Angeles airport went surprisingly smoothly, allowing us to leave the airport within an hour. We took a shuttle to an Uber pickup point to get to our first...

Yesterday was our last day together in the USA. In the morning, we first had to pick up my rental car for the next 2 weeks, a Honda SUV. After that, we returned to the hotel to...

Oh dear, as we get up it is raining and the sky is overcast. There's a storm, but we continue with our plans. We explore Monument Valley, go off-road for a bit, and manage to...

After breakfast, we went to the Fields Museum. A museum about American history. There was so much to see in the museum that after 2 hours, we felt quite overwhelmed. We then...

Today we slept in a bit longer and first went for breakfast at Mellis, which is near our hotel. The coffee and baked goods there are good and inexpensive. It's always crowded in...

This morning, we first had breakfast at a small café around the corner. The coffee here is really good and affordable. The croissants and free bagels were also delicious. I...

Tag 25 Our last day in Two Harbors and with Janet and Berry. It was really nice with both of them, we talked a lot today. The weather wasn't great, thunderstorms... It's funny...

Marten on the Bow Bridge.

In total, the "blue one" accompanied us for 2235 miles. At times I had it at 40 miles per gallon consumption. Whatever that is in liters/100km. I'll have to do the math. 😆...

Headed east, first on Interstate 94 and then on 90. About 390 miles. It ended up taking longer because there was a lot of traffic on the way to Chicago. The Chicago Getaway...

Today we first went to Willow-River State Park to see the waterfall. https://widnr.widen.net/view/pdf/xjiobes3jm/Willow-River_Map.pdf?t.download=true&u=cgj4gi You can really...

The flight was quite pleasant. Food OK, movie selection, not so much... Unfortunately, the Frankfurt airport is really at its limit, as the nice lady at check-in confirmed......

Following the motto of the early bird catches the worm, we leave Ken's Lake at 7:30 a.m. Our National Park for today is Arches Park, known for its over 2,000 natural sandstone...

Our time in Arches NP