San Francisco has lots of promise for a city break with teenagers – the iconic bridge, steep hills with exhilarating cable car rides, a world famous prison museum on an island, a hippie history, and cool neighbourhoods to explore. It isn’t hard to find cool things to do in...
Los Angeles feels so familiar, because you’ve seen it a hundred times in the movies. It is in effect a living movie set, which gives it the cool factor and often makes it a wish list destination for teenagers and adults alike. So, if you are visiting Los Angeles in its own right, or...
Travelling to New England in the Fall was a Wishlist trip for me, so when a friend suggested a few days in Boston to help celebrate her husband’s birthday, it was a no brainer! After visiting Boston, we took the opportunity for a short leaf peeping road trip in New England, before looping...
I love history, despite not having studied it at school beyond the basics. However, even if I had pursued history at school in the UK, the syllabus is unlikely to have covered the American Revolution. So, I have had to resort to history podcasts and travel guides to beef up my knowledge...
I have a long-standing love affair with the United States, having grown up on a regular diet of American TV shows and films as a child in the 1970s and 80s. As a result, we have visited quite a lot as a family, discovering great variety across the States, and checking out its iconic...
When planning our first visit to Boston, it felt essential to include a Fenway Park visit to watch the Red Sox play. We had previously enjoyed a couple of baseball games on trips to Seattle and Toronto, so were keen to experience a game in the oldest baseball park in the US. This blog is...