We decided we needed a longer rest, so before even seeing Rhode Island properly, we decided to stay another night. We were not disappointed! It is now the second city that is definitely in the running. Like Columbus, it was…
Day 35 Part 3: Road to Rhode Island
In what was an absolutely action packed day, we carried on to our fourth and final state: Rhode Island. We even took the time to stop by their Capitol and speak to someone before finding our hotel. Check out the…
Day 35 Part 2: A Bit of Boston
We went into Massachusetts next. A few people were quite camera shy there, so we don’t have as much footage speaking to people as in most places. We found a shop for British expats in Newburyport, MA. We chatted to a…
Day 35 Part 1: More Maine
The next day we saw a bit more of Maine on our way to Boston. We started out by trying to see the sea. As with New Hampshire, much seaside land has been bought up, but even though the only…
Day 34 Part 2: Maine
We crossed into Maine in the afternoon: We were welcomed at the 7 Eleven with free slurpees by a very friendly member of staff who taught us how to do it as neither of us had had one before: We…
Day 34 Part 1: Concord, New Hampshire
We carried on through the rest of New Hampshire. We headed into their capital city, Concord. The capitol building was very nice, as were the areas around it: Like Vermont, it was a very green state. The nature was very…
Day 32 Part 2: The Best Motel in America
After that we went on to Vermont: Our experience was almost instantly excellent. Both people at the welcome center were a) extremely welcoming and b) extremely informative. They helped us find an absolutely stellar motel, by far, the best we…
Day 32 Part 1: New York State
New York State was very rural in large parts. Unlike a lot of other rural places we’d been to though, people didn’t seem very interesting in chatting. We tried talking to people in a few towns without much luck. We…
Day 31 Part 2: Poughkeepsie and Highland, New York
Next we headed into New York state. We decided to skip New York city because though I’m sure it’s great, we know we don’t want to replace living near one giant overcrowded city, i.e. London, with another, especially as we had…
Day 31 Part 1: New Jersey
After spending a little over a week in Media, we got back on the road. We started with New Jersey. Chris got to experience the New Jersey Turnpike as seen on the Sopranos. Check out the video: Next we went…