• Jess and Ben Steels-Chambers
  • Jess and Ben Steels-Chambers

Our Travels 2022

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  • Trip start
    March 29, 2022

    Liverpool Lime Street

    March 29, 2022 in England ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

    Goodbye for now Liverpool! Crazy whirlwind of a week saying bye to everyone and sorting out house jobs - but we’re finally off and away ☺️ ✈️

  • Landed in Miami!

    March 30, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Landed last night, had a couple of empanadas at the airport, then home to our place for the next few days (pictured) just by Little Havana 🇨🇺 Looking forward to a day of exploring tomorrow!

  • Little Havana 🎶 Miami

    April 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Gorgeous Cuban neighbourhood just 5 minutes away from us. Amazing Latin American food and music 🎶 Been back here a few times now as it’s so close! Our favourite part of Miami so far ☺️💕

  • The Florida Keys

    April 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Hired a car for a few days 🚙 Had the most beautiful drive down to the Florida Keys! Absolutely in love🌴💛 Stayed in a motel in Marathon with a gorgeous jetty and lovely pool area. Beach and pool day on Monday with our DIY margaritas 🍸Read more

  • Football in Fort Lauderdale ⚽️

    April 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Brief pit stop back in Fort Lauderdale to drop off the hire car and get the night bus up to Daytona. Ben found a LFC group for us to join for watching the Champions League game - kind of scary pub and people but great fun 😂 🍻 Officially our first ‘dive’ bar experience - sure there’s more to come!Read more

  • Daytona beach 🌴🌞

    April 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Arrived in Daytona very early Wednesday 6th, so had some time to kill before we could check in to our Airbnb in Ormond. Had some delicious bagels, then read by the water for a few hours before heading there. Really cute little place at the back of someone’s home just a little out of town. Looking forward to another few days of beach!Read more

  • Jacksonville 💛

    April 9, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Arrived on the Greyhound Saturday afternoon and headed to our Airbnb for the next two nights. Only really added Jacksonville to our route for the UFC event, but have ended up absolutely loving it 💛 UFC was great (despite all the trump supporters 😂) amazing atmosphere and made friends with some lovely people from Savannah. Sunday spent walking the beautiful river, enjoying some craft ciders and eating more pizza 🍕👍🏼 Monday we hire another car and head into the woods!Read more

  • Mount Mitchell Eco Retreat ⛰💛

    April 11, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Without a doubt the best place we’ve stayed so far - absolutely beautiful! 🧡 Pretty much in the middle of nowhere, in the top left corner of North Carolina. Took a while to get here, but totally worth it! The lodge is huge, with a great main area for relaxing after being out hiking in the woods ☺️ 🥾Read more

  • Gatlinburg & The Smoky Mountains

    April 12, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    What a weird and wonderful place 😂 We had no idea we were arriving in Tennessee’s very own version of Ingoldmells 🍻 Found a place for Ben to watch the Liverpool game, and made some friends sampling thirteen different types of moonshine! Totally worth the hangover 😂Read more

  • Nashville 🤠🎶

    April 14, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Crazy few days full to the brim with live music 🎶 Loved every second of Nashville and wish we could do it all over again! Wheeler Walker Junior gig, Country Music Hall of Fame, dodgy kareoke, questionable line dancing, and music pouring out of every corner of the city! 🙌🏼Read more

  • Memphis 🎷🎶

    April 17, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Arrived in Memphis on a total high from Nashville, and at first couldn’t help but compare.. slightly rougher suburbs and motel not quite as nice, but after settling in, we’re totally sold. Actually prefer the blues and soul music here (makes a change from all the country!) so much live music on Beale Street! Found an incredible vegan cafe - best food we’ve had in the US so far 🌱 Had a brief trip out to Graceland too and saw Elvis’s home 💕Read more

  • First Fruits Farm - Mississippi

    April 19, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Needed to break up the drive from Memphis to New Orleans, so we found a random spot en route! A very cute place on a blueberry farm in rural Mississippi - absolutely gorgeous. Calm before the storm of New Orleans! The Airbnb host even baked us some blueberry muffins 💕Read more

  • New Orleans 🎺🎶

    April 20, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Best people, best music, best city! Managed to time our visit to New Orleans with the French Quarter Festival - so much fun. Stayed in a great hostel full of other travellers from all over - spent every evening in the garden there and then going out on Bourbon & Frenchman Street 🎶 The festival opened with a second line parade through the city, full of brass bands and colourful outfits! Absolutely in love with this city 💛Read more

  • Houston 🌆

    April 25, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Travelled over on the Amtrak train from New Orleans for a day in Houston, before heading across to Austin. Didn’t want too much time in Houston as we’ve been told by various Americans that there is not a huge amount going on (which was true), but had a lovely day regardless 💛 Amazing street art and beautiful gardens 🌵Read more

  • Austin 🛤

    April 27, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Absolutely love Austin - both decided if we were to move over here this would be where we’d live 💛 Very modern, welcoming city, with a more liberal feel than much of southern America. Great bars, music and comedy scene, and so much green space surrounding the city for hiking and running - so beautiful. Saw some comedy, had a dance lesson, ate a mountain of Mexican food, and walked for miles and miles each day! 🥾Read more

  • Las Vegas 💃🏻

    May 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Just an absolute party of a few days 😂 Stayed at Excalibur which we LOVED. The tackiest hotel on the strip which was like a bigger and better version of The Suncastle 😂 Loved our few days in Vegas, what an incredible landscape in the desert too. The Cirque Du Soleil show was probably the best show we’ve ever seen - amazing acrobatics and stunts. Will most certainly be back one day, but with a bigger budget!Read more

  • San Francisco 🦀

    May 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Alcatraz island, sea lions, hiking in the hills and running the Golden Gate Bridge! Need to come back one day as it was a little foggy, but had a great few days regardless 💛