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United States of America: An epic road trip summary with plenty of stats

So our trip in the USA finally ended. Since we commenced in NYC in May we’ve come a long way. This post shall give some facts and figures and hence also serve as a summary page. Places that I visited: Itinerary: After a couple of … Read More

Fallingwater

Zig-zagging Pennsylvania: Silent Hill/Centralia and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater

Day 14 We spent the last night at Olean’s 24h Walmart Superstore which actually is still in the state of New York. Important to note: Our first time’s sleep in the back of the van! So cool. These Walmart stores are open 24/7, have public … Read More

Niagara Falls, Canada

Niagara Falls and CAKE concert

Day 12 It’s May 20th. We left Econo Lodge on their shuttle bus to spend some time at the Niagara Falls. Awesome place. Impressive as well. Unfortunately yet again the weather wasn’t that a huge pleasure. Hence, at least the number of fellow tourists wasn’t … Read More

more impressions from a rainy roadtrip

Rainy impressions of Garden State and Empire State

Day 10 On the 18th of May we finally managed leaving the big city of New York. I think we spent our fair share so we actually were looking forward to getting out of there. From Penn Station we took a train on the North … Read More

Top of the Rock, Manhattan

More stories from New York City

Day 5 It was only the day 5 but felt like we’d been in NYC for a way longer time. Anyways. I accidentally discovered a somewhat new site close to Chelsea were we stayed: The so called High Line Park which is a stunning city … Read More

Manhattan

The Big Apple – First few days in New York City

Day 1 Our trip finally commenced. Early in the morning on 9 May an Air Berlin flight took us from Munich to Düsseldorf and then over the Atlantic. Eventually Bettina and I arrived in New York City’s JFK Airport. Without any further trouble we made … Read More