For various reasons, we ended up going to England and Italy this summer. I realize to many Americans, this probably sounds like a treat. It wasn’t actually for tourism though, and either way, it ended up being quite a grueling trip.…
LoJenx of the Journey
Naturally, the trip wasn’t all roses. This is the worst of the trip, things that have stuck with us as negatives. The worst driving still goes to Indiana. Even though Boston, the Bronx and California were challenging, as were most…
Regional Roundup 1: The Northeast
We thought we would analyze what we most liked and disliked about the various regions of the country. Keep in mind we are not giving this as an absolute analysis of what is ‘the best’, but rather what was most…
Day 38: Through the Bronx and Back to Pennsylvania
We had to cross back through New York to get back south. We were kindly invited to stay with my friend Val’s parents, who also live in the burbs of Philly. The fastest route took us through the Bronx. Even…
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…