For Manu’s birthday, we left for 2 days on a mini-road trip from Boston to Portland. We tried as much as we could to follow the shore, but contrary to France and most of Europe, a
A cousin of mine and her husband were in Boston this past weekend. They were coming from Montreal, where they have been living for a few months, and it was their first time in New
Last weekend felt like spring – New England style, so still pretty chilly. We rented a car and we headed west, in the Berkshires. It’s been a while that I wanted to go to the
We left Boston early (9.30 is early for a Sunday) to go to the Cape, and more specifically Wellfleet. We were so up to celebrate the oysters coming back. What do you do during an
It’s been a few weeks that we were wondering if we should go hiking and camping, and even trying for the first time to do “smores”. And that’s what we did last weekend in the
Last Sunday, we did a schooner cruise in Salem. In French, we say goélette, which has absolutely nothing in common. Manu had to learn how to use all the sailing words: he’s been learning how
“Why are we visiting an university?” Manu was a bit blasé this last Sunday morning. It was early and our first impression of the Yale campus was that it looked a bit too much like
It’s no news: the heat is slowly burning us. Right after the Fourth of July – the national day in the US – we left town to go in the country, hoping to find some
We hear sometimes jokes about the fact that the US don’t have history: “this country is too young!”. But the first settlers came here in 1620 and even if the US were historically born after
At the beginning of June, we spend two days in Rhode Island. Providence on Saturday, and Newport on Sunday! Newport is famous for rich people: sailing, tennis, nice beaches and back in time, it was
Last weekend, we spent two days in Rhode Island, the smallest states in the US. We arrived in Providence Friday night and it was pouring – some rest of a tropical storm. Fortunately, the day
When I think “week end in New England”, Vermont’s countryside (and cheese), Maine’s lobster or Cape Cod’s beach come in mind first. And what about New Hampshire? We spent Memorial Day weekend over there. What