A day trip or weekend away in the Hudson Valley is the perfect antidote to the frenetic energy of New York City. Dotted with farms and orchards, state parks, historic country towns and old money mansions left behind from the Gilded Age, it’s only a short train trip to find sweet relief from the city that never sleeps. On a warm weekend in September, when … Continue reading A Day Trip to the Hudson Valley: Beacon & Cold Spring
The key to living in New York City is knowing when to get the hell out of Dodge. Those reprieves are obviously fewer and farther between during the pandemic! Our first real escape out of town (apart from my work trips to the North Fork) in 2020 was in August, when we spent a three-day weekend in Hudson. Hudson is the largest town in the … Continue reading Upstate Escape: A Weekend in Hudson, NY
The USA is one of my favourite travel destinations because of the country’s regional diversity, so much so that I’ve spent a total of three months travelling the USA, and also moved here, at the start of 2019. While most of my favourite travel destinations in the USA are vibrant major cities, I’ve loved having the chance to explore the country’s cute and quirky small … Continue reading 6 Charming Small Towns in the USA to Visit
Autumn is big business in America. “The Fall” is easily the most popular season of the year in New York, where winters are bitter and summers are sticky. Along with carved pumpkin decorations, pumping pumpkin flavouring through every foodstuff imaginable, the ubiquitous “PSL” (pumpkin spiced latte), apple picking is an essential fall activity. The most popular place for apple picking in upstate New York is … Continue reading Apple picking in the Hudson Valley