United States of America: August 25 – September 7, 2014

Santa Fe & Roswell & Carlsbad Caverns & San Antonio & Austin & Beaumont & Lafayette & New Orleans & Birmingham & Nashville & Washington DC & Philadelphia & New York City
Lost the photos for most of these cities unfortunately :(
Making tin-foil hats on the way to Roswell and wearing them around town/in the UFO Museum to protect ourselves from aliens
Walking into Carlsbad Caverns reminds me of The Descent – which is not a good thing
Pouring rain, thunder, and lightning in the desert…
Setting up camp in the rain –> being too lazy to cook –> CHINESE BUFFET
The riverwalk in San Antonio
Tubing down the Guadalupe River
- Seeing birds and turtles
- Laughing hysterically at Sam and Jazz freaking out about seeing snakes in the water
Austin’s 6th Street has cool bars and live music
- East 6th Street = The Dirty 6th (more dive bars, according to my Lyft Driver)
- East 6th Street past the highway = more upmarket establishments (according to my Lyft Driver)
- West 6th Street = good bar scene (according to my Lyft Driver)
‘The Drag’ in Austin – the University’s shopping district – cool, cheap clothes
South Congress Street in Austin = vintage/thrift shops, cafes, food trucks
Having a delicious Israeli dinner cooked by Ofek and Sapir during an overnight in Lafayette, Louisiana
LSU/purple and yellow shirts everywhere at a Mall – GAME DAY
The beautiful New Orleans vibe and architecture
BOURBON STREET
- Southern Decadence Festival
- “Beads for Boobs!”
- Bachelor parties everywhere
- Jazz music everywhere
Frenchmen Street, New Orleans – a more chilled Bourbon Street, and a good place for live music
Jackson Square – artists during the day and tarot card readings at night
Haunted walking tour – New Orleans has a pretty crazy past (and not in a good way)
Swamp tour
Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Alabama
Jack Daniel’s Distillery and getting a whiff of 140 proof alcohol
Line-dancing in Wildhorse Saloon – why am I not a cow girl?
Window shopping for cowboy boots (those things are expensive as hell)
Learning to make friendship bracelets in the van
Washington DC
- Holocaust Museum – wow
- Going to the Native American Museum for Indian Tacos
- Spending 3 hours wandering around monuments in the ridiculous heat with Steph to get her National Parks Junior Ranger badge
- Washington DC Nationals V Philadelphia Phillies, and leaving early to avoid traffic assuming the Nationals would win and everybody freaking out on the train about the Phillies catching up and taking the lead
The Rocky Steps in Philadelphia
Seeing my parents after 3 months apart!!
The High Line Park in NYC (a bit overrated and crowded)
Attending the Falguni & Shane Peacock show at New York Fashion Week
Broadway: Pippin & The Lion King
Seeing my East Coast love, Kitty Catt