New England

New England is on the East Coast of the United States, and there are 6 states in it… Massachusetts – where we are living – is one of them!

Mount Auburn Cemetery

2 December 2013 No Comments

I worked on a tourist guide about New England a few months ago, and thanks to that, I traveled a lot in the region. I saw and wrote a lot of things, and took a

Welcome to Boston… during fall!

27 October 2013 No Comments

And here you go: some pictures of Boston during fall, probably the prettiest season here in New England. Lately, the weather was mild – that was nice for the cousins who visited us a couple

Let’s go to the Oyster Fest!

20 October 2013 No Comments

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

Colors of fall foliage in New England

29 September 2013 No Comments

We are back from a weekend in the White Mountains: the weather was awesome, and we enjoyed walking and even camping. Fall foliage is there, and it’s a real treat. The next weeks in Boston

A cruise on a schooner in Salem

19 September 2013 No Comments

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

Guided tour in the gorgeous Yale Universtity

28 July 2013 No Comments

“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

The United States in 1620 // Welcome to Plymouth

15 July 2013 No Comments

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

It wasn’t the plan

8 July 2013 No Comments

What I like during weekends, it’s everything that I cannot plan. We were in Western Mass this weekend and this is the not-planned stuff.

The incredible mansions of Newport, Rhode Island

27 June 2013 No Comments

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