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...
Salem, Massachusetts, was put on the map by the Salem Witch Trials, a dark moment in history when innocent people were accused of witchcraft. Today, the city is home to pagan Witches, and capitalises on a wave of Witch tourism popularised by movies like Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic...
On a short road trip from Boston, Massachusetts, we headed north along the coast passing (briefly) through New Hampshire and into the state of Maine. As the main purpose of our road trip was to go ‘leaf peeping’ then we only travelled as far as Scarborough in Maine, before turning inland...