There is something about the train in America. People love them : as toys, as holiday distraction, as leisure but not as a real transportation mode. Poor trains. Let's dig a bit Cultural choc While you might picture america as high tech and high speed, you will soon discover that it applies to everything but the train system. Do not take me wrong, there is a system, there are trains at the stations, they have huge comfortable seats, internet and cupholders but oh my god this

Virginia is awesome and you know why ? Because we can find wine and beer at the regular grocery stores ! If you are french or virginians, you must be : ‘of course’. If you are from Maryland or Utah, you must like : ‘what ?’. All states are not equal. Let's dig a bit Planning ahead is the golden rule Each state decides how to regulate the alcohol selling : where, at what time and taxes. A few examples. In Utah, where we landed at first, only low alcohol beer was sold in groce

How do you say ‘roadtrip’ in French ? Roadtrip with 2 french ‘r’… Roadtrips are American even if most of the countries in the world have cars and roads. On my way back from our second 2/3 weeks road trip, I could not help but share a few thoughts during our 16h train ride back from Florida (yes train... I ll do another article on that). Let's dig a bit It just makes sense logistic-wise First of all, driving is cheap. Gas is cheap, like 3 times cheaper than in France, cars are