well we made it! and philadelphia is AMAZING!!! da flight frm NZ to LA went supa quick.. probs coz we were sooo tired!!! then cleared customs really quick which was great :D cept then we had to wait for like 9 hours in LA airport.. nt so fun. and then our plane was delayed for another hour and a bit.. so dat really wasn't fun!!! bt then we finally got to NY.. whoop! had sum breakie at a truck stop and then headed dwn to philadelphia. soon as we got here we started exploring! uncle lives in the historic area of [View Full Entry]

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Our latest trip has been a bit a mixed bag, we're heading up to the Aussie Embassy in Washington and taking some time to do a bit of travel around the surrounding area. But before heading up to the DC area we decided to duck across to the other side of Florida to Tampa Bay to catch the Counting Crows, one of my favorites bands. I've been regularly checking their website since we arrived in the US and they recently released a new album and announced a national tour. So we decided to head off to Tampa with Leanne and Andy [View Full Entry]

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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 to new York. Two hours later we were in the centre of Philadephia and took a taxi to our hotel. Two Queen size beds and cable TV! We had dinner at Dave and Busters a typical American restaurant and then went back to the hotel. In the morning we stocked up on the free breakfast which included waffles that you made yourself. Then we headed [View Full Entry]

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