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The 46 hours train ride (1/2)

Today was the first day of the long train ride. I asked for a chair next to the window and got a seat on the first floor what gave me a nice view. As expected there was more to see on this ride: swamps followed by wide fields and small villages. There was a very […]

Jambalaya! And a long train ride coming

Today I joined Lydia to her church. For some kind of reason I expected a gospel church here in New Orleans, but it was about the same kind of church like last week. It’s sad to say that I can immagine why churches like these don’t really attract young people. I don’t want to criticize […]

In the train to the city of jazz

Waiting, trying to fall asleep, changing your position 100 times till you find some kind of a relaxed pose, listening music, reading a book, doing some work on the computer, watching a movie, looking outside, getting of the train some times at stops to get some fresh air and more sitting and watching outside till […]

Long trainrides

While it’s so hot here in North Carolina, my days are getting more and more slow. Fortunately the weather seems to be a little cooler at the west coast. Today I did some work at home and also packed my bag again. In the afternoon we went downtown to hang out and drink some coffee. […]

The plans totally changed, next week LA!

While Christina was going to her work today I booked myself some train tickets and made plans for the next coming days to travel. That really helped me getting some new perspective for my journey. Tomorrow night I travel by train to New Orleans where I’ll stay a couple of days before I continue traveling […]

In the middle of nowhere

As I already expected the other day was leaving my friends in Washington DC really like leaving home again. Today I took a five hour bus drive to North Carolina to visit another friend of mine. During the ride I watched a nice movie (thanks again bro for placing all those movies on my iPad!) […]

Good times with great friends and icecream

Today was a relaxed day again. After Rick brought Elma to her work, we both went to the kitchen table with our laptops to do some work. I planned the trip of the next day, uploaded some pictures and did some administration that needed to be done. Someone asked me yesterday if I missed the […]

A day in nature

The 11th day of my journey started early in the morning. Around 04.30AM we woke up and after a good breakfast we went for a three hours drive to a tiny place called Swoope in Virgina for a horseback riding trip. When we arrived at the range, we really found ourselves in a dream location. […]

A quiet sunday

This morning I joined my friends to their local church which was quite different than I’m used to. I think the average age of the church was about 65 years and we were by far the youngest people there. The songs were just as old as the most people there, but the preacher had a […]

Boerenkool met worst

New York is huge and impressive, Boston is nice and cosy. Washington DC is none of them. From what I’ve seen so far it’s really not as nice as New York and Boston. This morning I started the day in a coffee place to upload new pictures and do some work for one of my […]