USA Becs 21st 2015

augusti - september 2015

This time there will be no itinerary, nothing planned as such, but we'll spend a few weeks with Bec before she goes back on campus, then Sue and I will continue through the American Civil War areas. Then back for Bec's 21st in early September. Läs mer

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- 10 aug. 2015 17:55
- ⛅ 25 °C
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- Kanada Québec Quebec Railway Station 46.818318, -71.21435246°49’6” N 71°12’52” W
Dag 10
Quebec City Quebec
10 augusti 2015, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
This has to be one of the most amazing cities in the world, the history here and the architecture is like taking a piece of Europe in the 18th century and plonking it into North American continent.

Has to be seen to be believed, will definitely return here to spend much more time.Läs mer
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- 10 aug. 2015 17:55
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Höjd över havet: 114 m
- Förenta staterna New Hampshire Town of Hopkinton Contoocook Contoocook Covered Bridge 43.22241, -71.71354743°13’21” N 71°42’49” W
Dag 10
Contoocook, New Hampshire
10 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today was mostly a travel day and we were looking forward to seeing the beautiful scenery and quaint townships of Vermont and New Hampshire.

Unfortunately the weather was so bad we chose to just stay on the motorways and just get to Providence for our next 3 night stay.Läs mer
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- 12 aug. 2015 11:55
- ⛅ 26 °C
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- Förenta staterna Massachusetts Suffolk County Boston Scollay Square 42.360253, -71.05829142°21’37” N 71°3’30” W
Dag 12
Boston, Massachusetts
12 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Now this was a very interesting day in Boston. Checking this out to see and experience the birth of a nation is well worth the traffic jams. Such a beautiful city, and we took advantage of glorious weather and did the Boston Heritage Trail.

This walk takes most of the day and takes you from the centre of Boston through all the historic landmarks, burial sites, 500 year old buildings and new adaptions of areas redesigned for the modern millennia.

I have always had an interest in the revolutionary war and civil wars in the US and for me this was a fantastic moment to put real places into perspective with the stuff I had learned over the years.

For Sue, Bec and Tom I think it represented different meanings but to all of us it was a tremendous experience.

We closed out our day with a visit to the famous "Cheers" bar as seen in the Ted Dansen TV comedies of the 80's and 90's. This turned out to be a great time for all, especially mwah, as I even got to have a spell behind the bar with our great barman host Jake. Check out the photos in the Boston album and you'll see it all for real.Läs mer
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- 12 aug. 2015 17:33
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Höjd över havet: 10 m
- Förenta staterna Massachusetts Suffolk County Beacon Hill Ether Monument 42.355953, -71.07125842°21’21” N 71°4’17” W
Dag 12
to the Bar at "Cheers", Boston
12 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Now we most probably all remember the great TV sitcom "Cheers".

Well after a hard day walking around Boston doing the tourist thing, where better to hang your hat for a couple of beers and cheers. If you take a close look at the photos you might see someone you know working behind the bar.Läs mer
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- 12 aug. 2015 17:55
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- Förenta staterna Rhode Island Providence University of Rhode Island College of Continuing Education Library 41.823989, -71.41283441°49’26” N 71°24’46” W
Dag 12
Providence Rhode Island
12 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Finally updating our blog as we have been taking it easy. Today we travelled around the Providence area and saw some amazing sights. Visited the Rhode Island Country Club, Battleship Cove, a memorial to the US navy, and took in the sights of Newport Rhode Island which has to be seen to be believed.

The properties around here are a symbol of the incredible decadence of the wealthy around the turn of the twentieth century. The wealth that was created in the US from the mid 1800's through to World War I was absolutely obscene.

I don't think wealth of this nature will ever be created again by single individual families. Imagine a Billionaire in 1900 if that was to be converted into equivalent dollar value today.

They build homes of massive size as a testament to their incredible wealth. Some of the photos in the Providence album show the summer house, YES, the summer house of the Vanderbilt's at Newport Rhode Island.

It was just amazing to see such homes that to them were just their summer vacation homes, incredible.Läs mer
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- 14 aug. 2015 23:55
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Höjd över havet: 269 m
- Förenta staterna Ohio Mahoning County Youngstown Welsh Congregational Church (historical)41.103579, -80.65201641°6’13” N 80°39’7” W
Dag 14
Youngstown, Ohio
14 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
After all our days in the car and travelling we all decided that rather than take another stop along the route to Youngstown, we would just make it a straight through run and get back late evening.

Well our 9 1/2 drive turned into 14 hours with a couple of stops and some considerable traffic roadworks along the way, but we finally made it back into Youngstown around midnight and straight off to some well earned rest.

A little note that you might find interesting. In the above photo you will notice a boring version of a snap showing a woman in the car along side us. You probably can't see it but what makes this snap more interesting is that she is smoking a Turkish Hookah pipe whilst driving along. It was hilarious when we first saw massive amount of smoke pouring out of her windows we thought the car was on fire. Not until we slid alongside did we notice the long pipe and hose that she was playfully consuming. Hopefully it was just some essence she was smoking and nothing else but it did make the highlight of our day, we all laughed our heads off.Läs mer
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- 23 aug. 2015 23:55
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- Förenta staterna Ohio Mahoning County Youngstown Messiah Tabernacle 41.103579, -80.65201641°6’13” N 80°39’7” W
Dag 23
Just Taking it Easy
23 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Sorry for the delay in blogging but we decided this week was gonna be an easy relaxing one and we hung around the Youngstown area checking out all the local sites, Look into the Youngstown and Mobile uploads albums to see some of the sites we saw.

Tomorrow we head off on our civil war journey and make our way to Gettysburg for the start of the trail, follow us and see how we tackle this most tumultuous period in US history.Läs mer
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- 24 aug. 2015 23:55
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 338 m
- Förenta staterna Pennsylvania Bedford Cumberland Valley Run 40.018692, -78.50390740°1’7” N 78°30’14” W
Dag 24
Bedford, Pennsylvania
24 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
On our journey to the civil war region we were fortunate to stop off at the Flight 93 Memorial from 9/11. A very solemn place and the courage shown by this dozen or so people may have saved literally hundreds of other lives.
From documents discovered at the site and recordings from the black box it was pretty apparent that this planes target was the Capitol building where congress was in session.
Had this plane not been stopped and had not been delayed on take-off for 35 minutes the outcome of 9/11 could have been very different.
So lunch seemed like a good idea at this historic hotel in Bedford. Read all about it in the image attached.
Sitting here all the way from Australia in the little crossroads of Bedford watching little league baseball with Australia v Mexico. Unfortunately as can be seen from the score in the pic, the Aussies aren't doing too good.
Had a Bison burger and it was gorgeous, not as gamey as I expected, really nice, check out the Bedford AlbumLäs mer
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- 24 aug. 2015 23:56
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- Höjd över havet: 152 m
- Förenta staterna Pennsylvania Adams County Barlow Knoll Stevens Run 39.833673, -77.22289439°50’1” N 77°13’22” W
Dag 24
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
24 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Today was an eye opener, I never realized just how massive and important the Battle of Gettysburg was.
We planned for a one night stop here but that HAS TO change as there is just so much to see and do. The memorials and preservation of this entire area is astounding, it's like stepping back in time.
Absolutely loving the intense history here, had a big day so now enjoying a gorgeous pizza at Tommys Pizza and then off to bed for a well earned sleepLäs mer
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- 25 aug. 2015 23:56
- ⛅ 18 °C
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- Förenta staterna Pennsylvania Adams County Barlow Knoll Stevens Run 39.833673, -77.22289439°50’1” N 77°13’22” W
Dag 25
Gettysburg, Day 2
25 augusti 2015, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We started out at the battle museum and picked up a fantastic guide with cd's audio guide that you play as you do an auto tour around the battlefields.
What an amazing memorial this place is. The entire Gettysburg and surrounding battlefield area is a designated national park and memorial.
Covered over the entire battlefield area are memorials to every regiment from both sides that participated in the battle.
We will create a album for the battlefield and add the images later in the day.Läs mer
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