Well… because everyone is going to ask, and everyone loves a top 10. After 6 months on the road, we made a top 10 of the places we liked the most. As we knew we wouldn’t agree, we decided to make separate lists… although in the end, many places appear on both, and we picked … More Ben and Em’s Top 10 Destinations
29th June – 8th July 2017 Our flight from Chicago took us to Montreal, where we planned to spend 4 nights. We thought it was ok, although we probably didn’t see it in the best light, for a few reasons: • it absolutely chucked it down the whole time • it followed on from Chicago, … More The last leg – Canada Part 3
22nd June – 29th June 2017 As driving from Nashville to Chicago would take over 7 hours, we decided to stay somewhere about halfway to break up the journey. We chose St. Louis, famous for baseball, the Gateway Arch and Budweiser. We went on a tour of the Anhueser-Busch Brewery, which brews Budweiser. It was … More Chicago is our kind of town – USA Part 3
16th – 22nd June 2017 We picked up our car from New Orleans airport and headed north. The journey was long and fairly uneventful, until we closed in on our destination of Clarksdale. About 10 miles out, a truly ferocious storm came in from over the horizon. The rain was beyond belief; I could barely … More Looking for Elvis – USA Part 2
6th – 16th June 2017 Our first stop in the USA was Seattle. It’s famous for quite a surprising amount of stuff; the Space Needle, Frasier, grunge music (Nirvana hail from near here), the movie ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ (according to Em, a “classic” movie I absolutely must watch when we get home…). It’s the birthplace … More USA! USA! – USA Part 1
28th May – 6th June 2017 From Victoria we travelled to Whistler on the Sea to Sky Highway (described in our guidebook as breathtakingly picturesque), and the scenery was pretty impressive for most of our journey, a taster of the amazing sights we would see during our Canadian road trip. The hostel we stayed in, … More Going on a bear hunt – Canada Part 2
22nd – 28th May 2017 Flying into Canada from Japan, we managed to achieve time travel of sorts. No DeLoreans or flux capacitors were involved, but thanks to international time zones, our flight actually landed before it took off. As you can imagine, this played absolute havoc with our body clocks, which took a few … More Vancouver and Vancouver Island – Canada Part 1
18th – 22nd May 2017 For our first night in Tokyo, we decided to book ourselves into one of Japan’s famous capsule hotels. Normally used by businessmen who have to work late or by those looking for somewhere to crash after a few beers, guests basically rent a small box in which to spend the … More Lost in Translation – Japan Part 3
14th – 18th May 2017 To get to Kyoto from Hiroshima, we had booked on another bullet train. We turned up, grabbed ourselves a bento box (like a Japanese school lunch) and boarded the train. Like the last one, it left precisely on time. The trains in Japan were very efficient, if a bit confusing … More Kampai! – Japan Part 2
9th – 14th May 2017 According to STA Travel and a variety of travel guides and blogs, Japan would be the most expensive destination on our trip – by some distance. Because of this, we planned to limit ourselves to 2 weeks here. In the end, it wasn’t as costly as we thought; we spent … More Konnichiwa Harry!!! – Japan Part 1
Emma & Ben... Far From Home 