They were right, it’s pretty grand

Grand Canyon National Park The main reason for taking a trip to Vegas was to go to the Grand Canyon There were a few options for how to do this: Take a helicopter over it – coolest option, but comes with a giant price tag Airplane trip – fly in, then explore the area and…

New Orleans

“Big Easy” Continuing on the bucket list of American destinations: New Orleans, LA Arriving on an overnight bus from Austin/Houston at 6am, seeing the city through bleary eyes for the first time We headed up to our hostel to try and get some sleep before exploring but couldn’t get in till 2 So it was…

Whistle Stop

5 hours in Houston We had a night bus from Austin to New Orleans with a stop in Houston So we tried to make the most of it, walking down Main Street to Downtown Although, knowing that it was about to get dark, we needed to eat, and we had big rucksacks, the amount we…

Not my First Rodeo

Austin, TX Finally, we flew somewhere! A trip without a bus! And it was so damn early… 6am is not a good time to be leaving the airport, 4am is a worse time to be arriving at the airport So the first thing to do when we arrived in the city, was get to the…

The more you drink, the better we sound

Memphis, TN Was the rolling theme of musicians Maybe they lack some kind of self-confidence that everyone needs to be drunk to enjoy it The blues capital of the world Similar to Nashville, just not all there Safety First Safety was clearly an issue A friend of mine had told me about a trip to…

Nashville, TN

Another state to check off the list I’ve wanted to go to Nashville for years – my uncle used to do work in Nashville and Memphis, so it always just sounded like an exciting place to go Besides music, I had no idea what was there, so that was all I cared about This year…

Atlanta, GA

Within the first five minutes of arriving in Atlanta I had overheard three different conversations of people that had either just gone into prison, were in, or had just been released Was feeling a little like my mother and having a bit of a panic about whether Atlanta was such a good idea – although…