Without many detours: we go to the United States (as long as Donald Trump lets us in) ole, ole and oleeee!
Why the United States? Uff, the truth is that we don't know very well :-p It was never a destination that caught our attention too much, we would say the other way around. But between the trips of Fra and Maria, the route along the West Coast of Claudia and her traveling parents, well ... we have wanted to travel one of the largest and most different countries in the world. Let's see how we are doing 🙂
Trip It starts on May 3 in Boston and ends on July 9 in Miami, in these two months we will ... well, better before we will tell you what would be * our ideal trip: nothing more and nothing less than 100 things to see and do in the United States! At the moment here you have Part I, with the first 50 of the wishlist:
* We are not going to be able to do all these things on this first trip to the US, but we aim for the future 😉
Update 2019: little by little we could cross out a good handful of places from this list 🙂
1- Kick us NY until discovering every corner of its most famous neighborhoods.
2- Stay speechless in front of the immense Grand Canyon.
3- Mark us a Forrest Gump in Monument Valley
4- Pass by Atlanta and visit the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site, the Coca-Cola factory (often mix) and the colorful Beltline murals.
5- See Salvation Mountain.
6- Take a trip in train: the route from Chicago to Seattle, which goes all over the north, looks great!
7- Get lost in the mangroves of Everglades National Park, in Florida.
8- See a match of basketball, another of baseball and another of American football, and to enjoy the previous one in the barbecues of the car parks more than in the own stadium.
9- Cross, at some point, the Mississippi River, the longest river in the USA
10- See a musical in Brodway (We finally saw the Lion King after winning the Broadway lottery lol)
Monument Valley
11- Climb the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art like Rocky Balboa.
12- Take a few pictures with him Golden bridge from San Francisco.
13- Stuck ourselves with lobsters in the state ofMaine. Well, let's not fool ourselves, this is not going to make the lobsters are not within the reach of the backpacking budget, but one maybe if it falls (and then a hot dog).
14- Climb the tower of Seattle, the Space needle, which looks like a UFO just landed on earth.
15- Since we are there, take the step and cross to the neighboring country: Canada.Vancouver It is next door and looks very good. And once there ... go see the Banff National Parkthat of Jasper, the Niagara falls, and here we let it make us want to leave now :-p
16- And speaking of borders ... Mexico! Going to Mexico is a great idea, isn't it?
17- Celebrate the independence Dayin style on July 4.
18- Go to Chicago to take a picture with the sign of the beginning of route 66.
19- And try the Chicago style pizza. My mother, we will do that yes or yes (even if it betrays Lety's Italian origins).
20- Play at slots in Las Vegas. And win, of course.
Golden bridge
21- Travel to New Orleans and attend jazz sessions while trying some southern delight.
22- Go up to Empire State Building and die of love with the panorama of Manhattan.
23- Sweating more than a nervous chicken before entering a sauna in the Death valley, one of the hottest places in the world.
24- Visit the Alcatraz prison.
25- Frike a little inRoswell, the world capital of UFOs.
26- Make a road trip through Texas.
27- And speaking of Texas… putting on our boots with food tex-mex and barbecue dishes. Mmm
28- Know the capital of the US: Washington DC, and stroll through the Lincoln Memorial, the obelisk and the White House.
29- Go skiing in the Colorado mountains.
30- And to swim in the Florida beaches. They say that one of the prettiest is Caladesi Island ... we must go!
Washington DC
31- Bump into some ghost town (not ghosts)
32- Do Housesitting. We don't care where. Man, to be able to be in a beautiful house with friendly dogs and kittens.
33- Go through Salt lake city, which many claim to be the beautiful sea. Well, the beautiful lake. I'm sorry.
34- Take a cruise on the Alaskan glaciers and let us fall in love with its wild beauty.
35- Go to Yosemite and see bears (without being eaten).
36- Visit the Indianapolis circuit. More than anything to Rober's joy and happiness.
37- Take a dip in theHamilton Pool, one of the most beautiful natural pools in the world.
38- Discover rare products in supermarkets. Canned cheese pasta? We are ready! Another thing is that we include you in the daily diet.
39- Spend a few days in Miami Between the beach, cool neighborhoods like Little Cuba, Street Art and, above all, Nancy, one of Lety's best friends!
40- Hang around the Harward campus.
Yosemite
41- Go to Houston and say "Houston, we have a problem" but without having any problem, eh? May karma not misunderstand us.
42- Do the Route 66 and bump into hundreds of vintage places that seem to come out of the 50s!
43- Do a trekking (tiny) in the Sequoia National Park.
44- See a Northern Lights in Alaska.
45- Walk the Hall of Fame in Los Angeles.
46- And see the hollywood poster.
47- Test all the chains of fast food most famous
48- And discover the odd typical recipe, healthy and rich (I'm sure you're looking for them!).
49- Spend an afternoon in San Antonio, one of the most beautiful cities in Texas. And who knows if to meet Pau Gasol, you just have to look up.
50- Make a road trip for the Florida Keys.
Route 66
Tired? But if we still have to tell you 50 other things to see and do in the United States... but that will be in the second part of the post. Stay tuned 😉
