herling

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2nd entry on "travel more and more" 13 months ago

So my great trip to the US was wonderful!! I went to Miami, Florida; to NY and to LA, California.

I had never been to US before, so it was great experience for me. People are nice, cars are American :P and shopping is cheap. I saw all the must-see-places, ate local food and walked around a lot. I liked the wild nature as well – the Everglades with the alligators (fortunately didn’t meet any of them personally, neither any of the snakes, spiders nor mountain lions); the Californian canyons, the two oceans that are so different from each other. I saw the iguanas in Miami running wild, the squirrels and raquuns in NY Central park and the pelicans and sea lions in California. Awesome!

These three cities are so big and so different from each other. Loved the Halloween decorations everywhere, but isn’t it too early for the Christmas decorations? They were everywhere as well…

I had flight changes in Berlin and in London, so lots of free time in these cities too.

Overall, best trip ever!

Next trip – Stockholm in Sweden at the end of November :) That’ll be the last one this year (probably, but you’ll never know), alltogether, I’ve had 13 bigger and smaller trips this year outside my own country.

Nov 05, 2008, 11:13PM PST | 84 cheers


Comments:

Hot Toddie Schoonover has 30 days to run 200 miles

Too Soon

I agree with you that it is too early for Christmas decorations. Unfortunately stores keep moving that holiday earlier and earlier each year as they try to get us to spend our money. Stores do their best business leading into that holiday, so they think that if they market it for two months that we’ll spend more money during those two months.

I’m glad you enjoyed your first visit to the United States, and that you got to see such a variety of things.

Nov 24, 2008, 10:18PM PST | Respond to this 2 cheers

knottylady is getting stronger by the day

Visits

I’m glad you had a great time! You picked three wonderful places to visit. Isn’t it crazy how many different types of environments there are in the US?

Nov 25, 2008, 07:09PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

herling

United States

knottylady, You are absolutely right! U.S is so crazy/beautiful! Although I travelled from one coast to another, didn’t see as much there is actually to see! I defenetly gonna come back to U.S some day :)

And Todd, thanks ;)

Nov 25, 2008, 11:50PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

Michael R. is returning to Kansas City

I like the remote outdoor wild places

but if you like the cities, I recommend Washington, Chicago and Seattle for your next visit. You will find three more cities that are each different from each other and also all different from the three you have just visited.

Dec 04, 2008, 05:06AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

herling

Hei, thanks for your tips ;)

I like both – the cities as well the nature.

Dec 04, 2008, 05:09AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

Michael R. is returning to Kansas City

Three Places for Nature

could be:
  1. Olympic Peninsula, which is one of the quietest places in the 48 contiguous states
  2. Yosemite, which really is as incredibly beautiful as the pictures
  3. West Texas, which most Americans do not appreciate, but I like the vast emptiness

Dec 26, 2008, 12:51PM PST | Respond to this

Theskysthelimit1976 And I would be good... even if I did nothing... Alanis

Awesome!

So glad you had a great time here! I never get the Christmas Decorations coming out so early either! NYC is my favorite city in the world… it’s like home to me…. I’m so glad you liked it. I need to come visit Estonia…. and Lithuania… and Latvia…. It’s part of my heritage!!

Dec 03, 2008, 05:40AM PST | Respond to this

637 is on the road. He'll be back.

Curious...

...on how tourists can appreciate a country, its beauty and the people it serves, yet the very citizens scoff their own homeland and have not seen anything outside of their neighborhood.

I’m glad you enjoyed our country. Next time you head to NYC, I’ll give you a few little known points of interest.

Dec 04, 2008, 01:26PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

herling

I always love and appriciate pointers from locals. I’ll let you know next time I’m heading to NYC ;)

Dec 04, 2008, 11:56PM PST | Respond to this

james - the FOUR times marathoner wondering why this can't be linked to twitter

yay!

glad you enjoyed our country :-)

i would love to come to yours some day, but so far i haven’t made it further east that greece.

Dec 11, 2008, 04:49AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

herling

Thanks, I really did enjoy my trip and your country!

I’m planning to visit Greece next summer. My country (Estonia) is 3-4 hours up north from there :)

Dec 11, 2008, 05:11AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

james - the FOUR times marathoner wondering why this can't be linked to twitter

:-)

yes.

i hope someday to see all three of the baltic republics.

i hear they are spectacular.

Dec 11, 2008, 05:21AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

herling

the baltic countries

The Baltic countries are really beautiful, especially in the summertime – beautiful country-side, beautiful beaches, little lakes everywhere, wet-lands that are unique in the world. In Estonia there are lot of small beautiful islands, that cannot be missed ;)

Dec 11, 2008, 05:35AM PST | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

james - the FOUR times marathoner wondering why this can't be linked to twitter

that's what i hear

they are definitely on the list.

i also hear from my czech friends that the british “weekend tourists” have now started appearing there.

i will definitely try to come during the week then ;-)

Dec 11, 2008, 05:43AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

:)) - herling

nicolasc loves the ocean, no matter what time of year

I was able to visit

Lithuania to see a friend a few years ago. I went in late March/early April, and stayed with her in Vilnius. It was really beautiful, even during that time of year. I will second your suggestion that people should visit the Baltics if they get a chance. I hope to visit Finland someday (a long way in the future, unfortunately!), and it would be very cool to jump across to Estonia.

Apr 08, 10:58AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Untitled - herling

herling

:))

Come any time, James ;)

Baltic countries were popular amongst british bachelor-party tourists, but at least in Estonia it seems that they are backin’ off.

Btw, Estonian girls are beautiful to look at ;)

Dec 11, 2008, 05:50AM PST | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

james - the FOUR times marathoner wondering why this can't be linked to twitter

of that...

...i have very little doubt.

the best way, by the way, to get the british bachelor party tourists away is to strengthen your currency.

worked for the czechs!

Dec 11, 2008, 06:13AM PST | Respond to this

scooterbird it's a jungle out there, kiddies...have a very fruitful day

Great trip!

I’d love to visit Estonia sometime, and I’m glad you had a fun time here in the States. If you should ever visit Baltimore or Washington, DC, please let me know! I’ll show you around!

Dec 17, 2008, 11:04PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

herling

great!

Oh that’s great! And when you are making your way to Estonia, I’ll show you around ;)

Dec 17, 2008, 11:07PM PST | Respond to this

TangerineRose celebrates 2yrs of 43Things :)

Glad you enjoyed your trip

to the States. I visited San Francisco, LA and Las Vegas last year. It was my first trip to America, and I really enjoyed it.
Stockholm sounds like a wonderful place to visit too! I hope you have an excellent time :)

Feb 02, 2009, 01:06AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

herling

I hear that San Francisco is magical, unfortunately didn’t make it there this time.

Some day I wish I have the opportunity to travel to Australia :) All the best to you ;)

Feb 03, 2009, 01:16AM PST | Respond to this 1 cheer

ryan the wired

travel.

it is good to hear that you’ve enjoyed your time in the states. enjoy the rest of your travel too.

Feb 20, 08:35AM PST | Respond to this

ooty

Wow!

You have seen a lot. Thanks for sending me a cheer… that brought me here. You are living life. Enjoy and keep having fun!

All the best!
I want to see to San Fran too :) ( I have lived in the US for the past 21 years and you have seen more of the US than me ).

May 11, 08:42AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

herling

hi!

Thanks for kind words :)
Yes, I really want to come back to US some day to see San Fransisco and Grand Canyon as well, and Mississippi and Seatle and Chicago and… So much to see :)

All the best to you too ;)

May 13, 10:42PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Tamhawk is a one year old 43thinger

How fun to get a cheer

from someone from Talinn. Several years ago we went to Talinn, Estonia as part of our Baltic cruise. We weren’t there long, but I do remember going to an amphitheatre and watching some folk dancers. I’ll have to look at my trip notes on Talinn.

May 24, 11:43AM PDT | Respond to this


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