When crossing the United States by train, I cannot miss a particular train journey: the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Continue reading Into the Rockies with the Narrow Gauge Railroad
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Canyons of a different kind
I have also visited today’s target, the Canyonlands National Park, already before. During my last visit, however, I explored the Island in the Sky – ans this section of the park is completely different to the Needles District which I visited today. Continue reading Canyons of a different kind
Stone Arches and Paintings
Now starts the first leg of my cross-country trip with a rental car. My first stop was in Moab (that I already know from my previous stay). Continue reading Stone Arches and Paintings
Crossing the Rockies with the California Zephyr
Acutally, I only wanted to write a combined blog entry about all my train trips in the United States. However, the trip across the Rockies aboard the California Zephyr (as the train from Chicago to San Francisco is called) was just too beautiful to not blog about it immediately. Continue reading Crossing the Rockies with the California Zephyr
Chicago, the real(ly not that) Windy City
Chicago has not quite lived up to its name as Windy City: It was less windy than New York. However, it was not really warmer. Still, I had a nice time in Chicago. Continue reading Chicago, the real(ly not that) Windy City
New York, the Windy City?
I have spent the past three days in New York – only three days, one is inclined to say: For the number of sights in the Big Apple, this is not much indeed. Additionally, the weather was not ideal: Even though it was better than the weather forecast led me to believe (just half a day of rain instead of all three), there was an icy wind blowing almost all the time.
Nonetheless, I got to see what I wanted: As this trip was my seventh stay in the city, I did not have to try to visit everything again, but could instead focus on the new sights and old favourites – and this is just what I have done. Continue reading New York, the Windy City?