Within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco is a park called Lands End. You can go hiking among the cliffs on trails with a beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge. The area also has some smaller beaches and is a really nice area for a break off from the busy city. […]
USA
USA is such a vast country, it is probably impossible to explore everything interesting even if you travel there for the main part of your life. America has something for every type of traveller and it is very easy to be a tourist here, especially if you rent a car, it is always easy to get around.
I have had the opportunity to visit the US many times and I even studied one semester in college in St Petersburg in Florida.
So far, I have visited the four corners of the US. I have been to San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and made a road trip from Portland down through Oregon down to northern California. There is still much to discover on the west coast and my plan is to travel to Seattle this summer to hike the area round Mount Rainier.
I have been to New York a couple of times and also visited Washington, DC and Alexandria, Virginia.
Apart from studying in St Petersburg, we have also made several trips to Florida and been to both Miami and Key West, but also Naples, Anna Maria Island and St Petersburg on the west coast of Florida. I suspect that I will come back here again, since this is one of my favourite US states.
The lion part of the US, between the east and west coast, still remain to be discovered. Hope to be able to go on a road trip across America some day.
There is so much to discover and I have yet to discover some of the destinations that have been at the top of my bucket list my entire life, like Niagara Falls and Grand Canyon. I hope that I don’t have to wait too long before I get to visit these places.
Since there is so much to experience here in the US, sandy beaches, hikes up incredible mountains, skyscrapers in Manhattan, and more, this is probably the country with most blog posts so far on this blog. You can read them all here below.
Hiking the Redwood State Parks in California
One of the highlights of our recent US road trip was the hike in the redwood forests in the national parks in northern California. We stayed two nights in Crescent City by the coast because of its proximity to the redwoods. The closest park is the imposing Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, the most northern […]
The best ice cream in Portland
Portland is a city that celebrates oddness. You will not be able to travel to the largest city in Oregon without hearing or reading the phrase “Keep Portland weird”. Experimentation and pure craziness are abundant in this place that hosts both a naked bike ride and a unicycler dressed in a Darth Vader mask while […]
The beautiful Columbia River Gorge
If you get the chance to visit Portland, Oregon, you should take a day to explore the Columbia River Gorge. It’s a canyon of the great Columbia River and is located only a short drive from downtown Portland. Drive east on the Historic Columbia River Highway until you reach Crown Point, where you find stunning […]
Top travel moments in 2016
2016 was a really busy year for me with several exciting trips to Europe and the US. In this blog I have tried to document some travel experiences because it is always fun to share some travel tips. Here are my top travel moments and travel destinations of the year, in no particular order. Giant’s […]
Day trip to Sandy Hook Beach near New York
New York can be pretty hot during summer so if you are thinking about going to a beach I can recommend taking the ferry to Sandy Hook. This is a beautiful peninsula in New Jersey, only a 50 minute boat trip from Manhattan. Just take a Seastreak ferry from East 35th Street or Wall Street. […]