Washington DC, Washington

We spent 2 days in DC and I found it a really nice place to understand a bit of America and American history.
Highlights:

White House
Capitol Hill – we got to watch a session in congress!
Vietnam and Korean war memorial
Lincoln memorial – my favourite momument. We spent quite a bit of time heres sitting at the steps [...]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We had originally planned on 1 night in Philly, but we ended up staying two. We got in at night and went straight to Geno’s for the “world famous” Philly Cheese Steaks. This has got to be on of the most unhealthy things I’ve EVER eaten. It’s essentially shreaded beef and cheese thats from the [...]

New York City, New York

Before hitting New York we drove to the New England area – Cape Cod, really scenic drive with amazing houses.
A massive, massive city with heaps to do and not enough time. If I was to come back to the US and work it would be here. There’s a vibrant subculture life and lots of interesting [...]

Boston, MA

We got caught up in Houston as Continental airways delayed our flights. We had scheduled 3 days in Boston, which ended being 2. However, we did get a free nights accomodation, food vouchers and a free return flight to anywhere in the US =).
Boston was a very different city, but was the closest to Sydney. [...]

Lack of posting and photos

Updates have been lacking because of a lack of Internet access and the fact that we’ve covered 1,024 miles in a few days.
No photos  because limo lost his camera and I can’t seem to get photos off mine!
Anyways, I’ve been writing notes offline….

Shopping adventures of Will

Zara

Dress shirt and leather jacket

Banana republic:

Dress shirt
Trousers (for the wedding)
2x basic T’s

Onitsuka’s
Zoo York T

Jeans:

True Religions (Great value!)
AG’s

Urban outfitters:

Haviana’s
Hooded Cardi

College stuff:

T-shirts from Berkley, USC, University of Texas (UT), Harvard
UT sweat pants

Samonite Duffel (the best buy!)
Abercrombie & Fitch sweater
GAP College boy shorts

Wish list:

Work, dress (black and brown) and running shoes
Matching belts forshoes
More college shirts (Harvard?)
Boston championship T-shirt
Dress [...]

Things I love and things I loathe about the US (so far..)

Love:

Free wireless internet, almost ANYWHERE – yes, I am a nerd.
Touchless toilets and toilet seat covers – the taps, hand towel dispensers and the flush system is completely touch free (all run on sensors)
Texan hospitality – we met a lot of people in Austin and Houston, and they took time out of [...]

Houston, Texas

After a long drive to Dallas and then to Houston (yes, in the Hummer) we rocked up to a really really nice bed and breakfast. We quickly made our way to the rehearsal dinner for Cameron and Ashley’s wedding. It was bbq again, and I was STUFFED. We met Limo’s old Uni friend Grace who [...]

Many Days: LA, Vegas and Austin

I’ve been too busy to be catching up on the blogging since we’re moving quite quickly and doing a lot of things.
We picked up a hire car (Dodge Nitro) and drove from San Fran to LA. Pretty nice drive, but it was still awkward driving on the right hand side of the road.

It was a [...]

Day 4: Golden Gate Bridge

I got up early and went for a 20KM bike ride around the Golden Gate bridge. It was awesome. I picked up the bike from Fisherman’s Wharf (Pier 39) rode to the bridge, across the bridge and into a town called Saulsalito. Caught a ferry from Saulsalito to Pier 1 and then rode back to [...]