Blogs from United States, North America - page 6979

A snow covered New York might look really nice in the movies but nothing could prepare us for how cold it's been. We got in on Wednesday evening and spent a few hours sampling the local Irish bars. We were all pretty tired and had a big day of sightseeing planned for Thursday, so had a relatively early night. The night will be remembered purely for a full speed pelt through the streets of New York back to our hostel. We were worried we would literally freeze if we didn't move quickly - it was about -15. Big day of sightseeing yesterday in temperatures of -13 (the extra 2 degress made all the difference!!) and we took in the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Grand Central Terminal and the site of the World Trade Centre. ... read more

I’m just sitting here watching the snow fall outside the window, sipping hot chocolate (full of marshmallows...real marshmallows, not the powdery freeze-dried kind) from Pam’s pink “wired woman!” mug. It snowed a little last night, and it’s been snowing a little today. Katherine and I went out in the morning. I guess I thought I could walk on top of two feet of snow, but I can’t. I fell through, which was unfortunate because I was only wearing sneakers (the kind with mesh on the sides to let your feet “breathe” when you work out). That’s the only pair of shoes I have right now, because most of my stuff is on it’s way to Germany. Getting your shoes wet in Utah is a big deal if you only have one pair of shoes, but I ... read more

Howdy ya'll!!!!! Yup its just me again!! Just thought I'd update you all on what I've been doing the past few days!!!! Ok well I was in Philidelphia and yes its nicknamed 'The City Of Brotherly Love'! Indeed it is a very friendly city!!! There was hardly any of us in the hostel, but I did manage to meet up with one girl. Kristin from San Diego. Pretty easy going chick. So the one day that we both had to tour around Philly, we did together!!! Most of it was spent with me arsing over in the snow and at one stage completely losing my right shoe!!!! LOL!!!! Anyways did you know that the gates to hell are in Philidelphia!! Well I didn't, got quite a surprise LOL!!!! Oh yeah also uuummm I ended up in ... read more

Hey folks, Well, we survived the bus...all 12.5 hours of it. Managed to get a bit of sleep, despite it being totally freezing for the whole journey. Arrived around lunchtime and decided it wasn't too far to the hostel, so we'd walk it, complete with rucksacks and all. Fortunately we didn't have to hike up any of the notoriously steep hills to get there, but did have to negotiate 6 flights of stairs once we'd arrived: the sedatary commute of the last 6 months seems a distant memory! Having showered and eaten, we headed for the harbour to check out the Alcatraz tour times for tomorrow. Managed to stop a couple of times on the way, once for a quick look around a magnificent Catholic Cathedral, and a second for a devine brownie and coffee. Timed ... read more

OK, I'm back again, in Steamboat now, visiting one of the English girls (Kelly's sister is living in Steamboat for the winter). Dave and I left Durango after we decided that it would be useless to wait for passes to open to Silverton, and instead went to Telluride. I had a contact (friend of a friend) in the area, so we made our way to his place, "The House of Leasure". These people lived on the top story of a three condo complex up on a hill overlooking the town, and opposite the ski area. If anyone has been to Telluride you understand how incredible the area is, the town is tucked into a box canyon with mountains all around, some over 13,000 ft. The house was an interesting place. I'm not entirely sure how many ... read more