Las Vegas is so much more than gambling and shows – although there’s lots of those as well. Here are 10 things you can do in Las Vegas that don’t depend on luck and won’t take all of your money :-) Read Post

Yellowstone National Park in the United States is something we believe every person should see at least once. There’s the geyser Old Faithful, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and the Yellowstone lake, river, and waterfalls. Not to mention Artists’ Point, a beautiful spot overlooking Read Post

Los Angeles has so much more to offer than movie stars and plastic surgery. In one week you can hang at the beach, hike mountains, get a dose of culture, go shopping and so much more. This one-week program for Los Angeles won’t leave you bored, I promise! Read Post

The following is a guest post by my dad, who shares his experience of visiting the Dead Horse Point State Park and Canyonlands National Park from Moab, Utah. I am probably repeating myself but the area around Moab in Utah really is one of my Read Post

Our first visit to Moab and Arches National Park in the US took place in 2009. By then, the red rocks had stolen our hearts and around Moab you definitely are in red rock country. It’s not so hard to guess what this particular National Read Post

We’d spent our first evening in San Diego wandering through the city and the morning after on a boat, cruising the San Diego Bay. With only an afternoon left before we had to go back to Los Angeles and still a whole lot to see, Read Post

When we were in San Diego, we took a two-hour Hornblower San Diego Bay tour and got to see sea lions, dolphins, submarines, a navy station and a whole lot more. This is a review of our experience, including tons of photos. Read Post

When I visited New York City in the US with my parents, now already nine years ago, we walked our legs off. My dad had planned for us to see and do all of New York’s big sights and although we kept to our program, Read Post

In 2007, I visited New York for the first time with my parents. We saw a lot of the highlights: Central Park, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Staten Island… I’ve gathered a bunch of sights and things we did into this photo essay. Read Post

When I first published this post, I just summed up some reasons why you shouldn’t be scared of driving in Los Angeles. Then, someone on TripAdvisor asked me to elaborate a bit on this subject because a lot of people seemed to be asking questions Read Post

After a good night sleep and some breakfast at the Super 8 hotel in Los Angeles, we left for Vegas on the scheduled hour. When we arrived there, we immediately heard the “pings” and “rings” of the slot machines. I’d read about gambling being everywhere in Vegas, Read Post

On both of my trips to Los Angeles I knew that I was going to spend some money. Not only was the euro stronger than the dollar on both occasions, I also visited twice during summer sales. Although my days of large shopping sprees are Read Post

The Getty Center in Los Angeles shows a wide variety of art: paintings, sculptures, furniture, photography… It also offers amazing views as its perched on top of a hill and is a great place to pull goofy faces… but only because an exhibition made us do it!  Read Post