October is one of the best times to visit New England, USA. The full colors of fall reveal themselves, especially in a forested state like Maine. The purpose of my trip was mostly to visit my host family, where I stayed as an exchange student in 2001. First catching up with my American sister Colleen,…
What do to when in the United States? Have an action packed week full of fun! This summer I visited my family in Minnesota, USA. View the video for an all-time American vacation with shooting guns, driving ATV’s, revving the Mustang, cruising in the Corvette, rollin’ on the Harley Davidson, balancing the jet skis and…
This October my childhood dream of traveling to Florida finally came true! We had 8 days to get the most out of our trip! Me and my Dad arrived in Orlando where our journey started. After all the security checks and picking up our rental car we immediately drove 40 minutes East to Cape Canaveral…
This May Seb and I flew to Boston to attend the wedding of my American sister Colleen. Since the date was set way ahead of time, I had plenty of time to score a cheap flight and pick out the perfect dress to wear. The location was at the ski resort Sunday River in Maine,…
My return flight back to Amsterdam I had the option of a 24 hour layover in Chicago. Since I’ve never been to this city I thought this would be a good opportunity to visit. What to do for a full day in Chicago? I arrived at O’hare airport at 6.30 PM and took the elevated…
The purpose of my trip to the United States was to visit my host family. But my American sister Colleen has bought her own condo in Lowell, Massachusetts where I could stay. Lowell is 50km North of Boston with a direct train connection to the city. First time riding a train in the United States…
Three weeks ago I spontaneously planned a trip to the USA, wanting to surprise my host family in Maine. What, a host family? Yes, when I was 16 I stayed abroad in the USA to attend one year of high school. A host family in Maine took me under their wings and during this time…
The holiday slowly is coming to an end. The last National Park of the tour was the Grand Canyon. We had a nice view point just in front of our hotel to get some photos at sunset. The next morning I took a helicopter tour over the canyon. Wow, what an amazing views. I sat…
The photography tour for Upper Antelope Canyon started at 10.30 am. I had to reserve for this tour months in advance because of its popularity. Our guide Rob took us into the Canyon and showed us the sweets spots, where to stand and hold up other groups so we could take pictures of the light…
We took a break from the whole National Park tour and went rafting on the Colorado river. I’ve been whitewater rafting before 10 years ago in Maine and although the water wasn’t as wild as last time it still was lots of fun. Between the easy rafting on the low water we did have some…