Travelogues North Carolina

Boone From Sunday, October 1st, the small university town of Boone in western North Carolina will be my home. The city is dominated by the rather large Appalachian State...

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The internet reception is now slowly getting better as we are now sailing near the coast on our way from Florida to Curacao. There are also not as many passengers online at the...

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...

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...

Beaufort, North Carolina

Today the weather was finally friendly, so normality slowly returned, and we also discovered a pier that was broken in the middle. People were again bustling on the streets,...

Punte Plömsche

Big departure from San Francisco today. On our way out of the town we spotted some more wings which we of course had to take a picture of. I dont know what this wings business...

I came to Charlotte because Chicago would be too expensive and I didn't want to leave the States yet. Here, in Charlotte, I could stay with a friend again - Isabella from...

We continue our road trip to the south and have to use 2 car ferries due to the lack of bridges. The ranger informed us that building bridges here doesn't make much sense as the...

Today, on our way to Charleston, we visited the Jungle Rapids Water Park that Simon was looking forward to before the vacation. We had perfect weather and it wasn't too crowded....

Some idiot set the stupid alarm on the radio alarm clock in my room for 5:00 am. Anyway, this thing wakes me up at this time. Annoyed, I unplug it and go back to sleep. Then I...

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...

After visiting the Naval Academy in Annapolis, we continue to Virginia Beach! Virginia Beach in the evening We visit the beach and the boardwalk Then we have a delicious...

The Boone Country Dancers host a “Contra Dance” dance event once a month. And this evening is great. At 7:30 p.m. the “caller” gives us a basic introduction to the dance...

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a scenic road that runs directly past the town of Boone. It leads along the Blue Ridge Mountains - part of the Appalachian Mountains. In total, the...

Just a small addition to Roanoke: In the evening, we visited the Roanoke Star. It was rather brief because it was windy and cold. I highly recommend staying at Elaine and...

The night ends at 3:00 am. My flight from San Diego to Atlanta leaves at 6:20 am. Tom is incredibly helpful and actually takes me to the airport at this time. It's really nice...

If I ever made it back to Manteo Station - I would stay here again in an instant. This little motel just has charm. Even though you don't get breakfast, there is a big coffee...

From October 31st to November 2nd I will visit (far too briefly) the city of Asheville and the small town of Cherokee with the Museum of the Cherokee People.

I wake up completely relaxed. The seclusion here is simply wonderful. I haven't heard any noise at all and it's dead quiet now too. You could really stay here longer. There's no...

After waiting forever, I finally received the application from my host mother, in which her letter to me, pictures of her and the family, and other information like the exact...

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Hey Famile, here I try to post all my USA pictures so you can always stay up to date 🤙🏼 Best regards, Nele

After a short beach walk, we reached the distinctive point where the two currents (Labrador and Gulf Stream) meet and create large waves. There were a few anglers there,...

I have my host family!! And so incredibly early. So awesome. During the first seminar, the organization said that host families are sometimes found very late, but I am...

Vorgestern noch hatten wir das erste motorisierte Luftfahrzeug der Gebrüder Wright im Air and Space Museum in Washington gesehen und jetzt stehen wir am Ort des Geschehens. Hier...