We accidentally spend the night in Bretton Woods under the Mount Washington - the place where in 1944 some guys sat together to draw a blueprint of the global economic system as it exists until today.

A few hours before we had stopped in Kennebunkport the summer home of the Bush family. The East Coast is so full of history you, can’t avoid it.

From tomorrow on I’ll be on the road with my girlfriend Doreen and our friends Nora and Marc from Berlin. We finally mapped out a route last night. I’ll try to put my iPhone to work and send some pictures and short updates from the road.

We’re planning on a 5,500km drive all the way up to Montreal via Boston and the Maine coastline, then to Chicago with stops by the Niagara Falls and Amish County. Next will probably be a short stay in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park only to proceed to Virginia Beach for a birthday party in the sun. Last stops then two days in Washington D.C. and one in Philadelphia and a short trip to Atlantic City before we head back to Brooklyn.

We’re getting excited!

Roadtrip USA 2008

It was a day full of sunshine, relaxed walks and the culture galore in the city of brotherly love.
Nevertheless we learned some lessons along the way:

Lesson #1: Never trust a Chinese woman while she is selling you a ticket.

When Simon and me wanted to take the next ride back home from Philadelphia later (about 8.20pm) we realized that there where indeed buses going every hour - until 8pm, that is. All the guy behind the window did was barking “10.30!! 10.30!! 10.30!!” at people in the hall and on the phone. He was off the hook - and laughing at him didn’t exactly brighten up his mood. So we had the choice of hanging out for two more hours, only to arrive in Manhattan at 12.30am or to buy another one way ticket. We took the 9 o’clock bus home.

Lesson #2: Framboise is French for raspberry!

When Simon ordered a Belgian Beer with the seductive name ‘Framboise’ it was just too easy to hop on the train and order the same. What we got was not really a beer though. More a Raspberry Spritzer or whatever…

More to come as soon as I remember again. Meanwhile a classic for your convenience and entertainment:

Ask me for access to the photo section because I just put up loads of pictures.