The first thing to say is that, in the UK, I don’t usually eat doughnuts (UK spelling) as they tend to be over-sweet and rather sickly. However, on our New England road trip from Boston, we had dropped in to the ‘local’ and ever popular Dunkin’ Donuts, only to be pleasantly surprised by...
The final stop on our leaf peeping road trip from Boston, was not about leaf peeping, but Part 2 of our American Revolution education. Having finished Part 1 of the Freedom Trail in Boston, we were keen to follow the action by visiting Minute Man National Historical Park, Lexington and...
If you fancy an introductory, or short, road trip in the United States, then heading out to The Hamptons on Long Island is a great option. From the north fork of Long Island, you can catch a ferry to Connecticut from where ‘the world (or New England) is your oyster’ and you can keep...
Long Island is often thought of as a summer playground for wealthy urbanites from New York and, being so close to the city, it’s easy to understand why this might have become the case. Today, it’s not just New Yorkers who flood here ‘to summer’ on beautiful Long Island beaches and hang...
On a short road trip from Long Island, New York, to New England states, we arrived in Connecticut on the Cross Sound Ferry from Long Island. We spent the day in Mystic before carrying on to our next overnight location in Newport, Rhode Island. Mystic, Connecticut turned out to be a...
The Great Gatsby novel and films were my introduction to the Gilded Age of America and the incredible wealth which arose from the heavy industry and development of the railroads in the late 19th century. On our Road Trip from Long Island to New England, we were keen to visit the Newport...