We live on the east coast of England, home of the Mayflower Pilgrims. Nearly 400 years after they set sail, Jane and I made a road trip to explore east coast USA and see how things were going…… Friday, September 29th, 2017: Manchester England to Boston Massachusetts. We leave Old England and chase the sunset
Day 3: Monday Oct 2nd Well, the three bears never materialised and we’ve actually seen two other people in our building although they seem less engaging than most of the people we meet. Maybe because they, unlike us, are not on holiday; they are living ‘normal’ lives; making breakfast, going out to work, coming home,
Day 4: Tuesday Oct 3rd 2017 Sooo excited. For today we pick up the hire car. The Road. Expectation. Our own Freedom Trail. Just as exciting as when I drove my Dad’s car on my own for the first time. The excitement of just sitting in the driving seat: alone, the engine quiet, scanning the
Day 6: Thursday, October 5th 2017 Mia and Jasper leave for school and we say our goodbyes, promise to keep in touch (we do) and then head off to Hyannis Port. Can’t remember if Jack Kerouac ever mentioned visiting the laundromat but such is life on our particular road that needs must. Jane bravely enters
Day 7: Friday, October 6th 2017 The sun shone for us once again as we headed off to the Tennis Hall of Fame; the home of the first US Open and an historic building with a kind of charm not unlike Wimbledon but on a smaller scale. John said the main entrance might look intimidating
Day 9: Sunday, October 8th 2017. Pouring with rain but hey, we need to see Manhattan! The temperature is in the 20s though and as we stroll through Central Park it’s like being back in hot, sweaty Malaysia. Some famous places seem almost too familiar. I remember visiting Venice and feeling that I was in
Freedom and Frank’s hot dogs
The Freedom Trail. The route is thoughtfully embedded in the sidewalks around the city. Follow the line and don’t break free. Feels a bit like a school outing….
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