Background: 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.
March 29th 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington It's Spring time and we once again have good thing to enjoy in this season, Cherry Blossoms. Yes, it's Cherry Blossom festival in the capitol city. We joined my sister-Mook, brother-in-law-Tim, and my ... 47 photos[full story]
April 23rd 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington The Tully House is a huge 3 storey building in a place called Middleburg, Virginia near Washington. They had a pool table in a huge basement, a pool, a hot tub and other really, really, really, really ... 2 photos[full story]
April 17th 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington After New York we took a train to Washington DC (the capital of the USA) and then drove to a place in Virginia called the Tully House. It was a big, big, 3 storey house. The basement had a pool table ... 4 photos[full story]
April 16th 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington What a rush! The Pope was here! In DC!... and so was I!
I thought myself pretty lucky when I was able to get tickets to see Queen Elizabeth on the White House lawn last spring. Hey, it's not like y ... 15 photos[full story]
April 3rd 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington
Easter holiday this year we spent in the . We spent part of the time in and the rest of the time in . For a change travelling and sightseeing was only part of the reason for the trip. The other r ... 24 photos[full story]
February 9th 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington Décollage de Chicago pour New York à 8h du matin et il faut que je parte aux aurores une fois de plus:check out à 4h du matin de l'auberge. Le trajet jusqu'à l'aéroport en métro fut digne de n'importe ... 32 photos[full story]
April 14th 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington We were not eased gently into travelling and it took 5 hours to reach our first destination. My first impression of the city was not what I expected. It could be compared to an American going to visit ... 1 photos[full story]
April 6th 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington Sunday - Baltimore
Since we arrived on Saturday we were lucky enough to spend a whole day with Monica and Dan before they had to go back to work on Monday. They took us around Baltimore laughing the ... 19 photos[full story]
April 5th 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington For years now Christopher and I have talked about going to Washington DC we have spoken about all of the monuments, museums and the history. We finally decided to make the trip this spring. Like mos ... 6 photos[full story]
April 20th 2008North America » United States » District of Columbia » Washington I've decided to reinstate my travel blog in honor of the great deal of traveling I'll be doing this summer. I'll try much harder to keep it updated. I think it will help that I plan on staying on lan ... [full story]
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