Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.To be updated
May 9th 2008North America » United States » Arizona » Grand Canyon National Park By the time Alice arrived in the rental and we packed our stuff it was about nine. We headed out of Vegas and hit the highway, we crossed over the hoover damn where we took snaps (interestin fact: did ... [full story]
May 9th 2008North America » United States » Nevada » Las Vegas We rolled in2 Las Vegas about 5:30 a.m and were very releived to get off the fuckin coach. Travellin long distances on Greyhound sucks. There r people constantly sniffin... to the point where i wanna ... [full story]
May 9th 2008North America » United States » Texas » El Paso Well its been a while and i'm sorry for all my readers and i'm missin a couple of blogs from the last couple of days in Orleans and the 30 hour train journey from Orleans to El Paso, Texas. But don't ... [full story]
May 9th 2008North America » United States » New Mexico » Las Cruces Unser letzter Trip während unserer Zeit hier in Las Cruces. :o(
Aber es war wirklich genial - ein Naturschauspiel wie im Märchenbuch! To the photos:
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May 9th 2008North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Anaheim The first theme park we went to was Disneyland. The second was Knotts Berry Farm and the third was Universal Studios Hollywood.
In Disneyland there was two different theme parks. There was one cal ... 7 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Anaheim For the past week I've been to theme parks such as :
* Disneyland
* Knott's Berry Farm (major roller coaster place)
* Universal Studios
* Disney's California Adventure
* and more Disneyland
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May 1st 2008North America » United States » California » San Diego After we left Yosemite, we drove to Bakersfield and stayed there overnight before driving down through LA to San Diego. We got up early in the morning and went to Sea World. We saw Shamu and some othe ... 4 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008North America » United States » Pennsylvania » Pittsburgh At least I think I am! I wasn't sure what to pack, everyone says "Layers, layers" but layers for me is a top (one) and a jacket! I also got my waterproof jacket, gloves, hat, insulated shoes and a sca ... [full story]
May 9th 2008North America » United States » Pennsylvania » Philadelphia » Penn's Landing We took the Greyhound bus from Manhatten to Philadelphia which took us under the Hudson river via the Lincoln tunnel. On the otherside we had great views of the Manhatten sky line as we said goodbye t ... 11 photos[full story]
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