The second part of our Route 66 journey through the desert of the United States! Texas: As we crossed over into Texas (at a dodgy crossing) we made our way to our next stop. Driving along the I-40 into Shamrock. Being Irish, I found this cute little town interesting, and a tad strange. Everything was … Continue reading Route 66 (Part 2): Texas, New Mexico & Arizona
One day in early 2014 while chatting about our holidays one of us said "lets rent a car and drive across the US", and two hours later we had our flights booked. We were only going for two weeks so we spend a few days in Chicago and the rest of the time driving to … Continue reading Route 66 (Part 1): Illinois, Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma
Our stroll around Boston Harbour, Beacon Hill and Harvard which includes some highly recommended food stops along the way! THURSDAY Thursday in Boston was the day of Bruce at TD Garden (yay!). We got up and went to Primark quickly (where customer service is non existent) before heading towards the waterfront for the Harbour Walk. … Continue reading Boston: Beacon Hill, Food & Harvard
Our beautifully scenic walk along the Freedom Trail and our trip to the Sam Adams Brewery On Tuesday, 2nd Feb we set out for four nights in Boston (the most important of which was to see Bruuuuuuce play in the TD Garden). I was in Boston briefly in 2010 but only to see a friend in … Continue reading Boston: The Freedom Trail & Sam Adams
For our main holiday of 2014 we decided to take a two week road trip across the US - along Route 66. We would start of in Chicago on the 20th September and end up in Santa Barbara two weeks later. We landed in Chicago and checked into our not so fancy hotel (hotel prices in … Continue reading Chicago
The Cocktail Tourist 