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Whenever I am with my partner at his home on the East Coast, I also like to get some time in a city. Washington, D.C., is one of my favourite places to spend the day. But at some point, I realised that Philadelphia is also only a relatively short train ride away. So, shortly before Christmas, I decided to go on a little trip and visit the city where the US-American Constitution was born, and which is the home of the famous Liberty Bell. I booked two nights in Philadelphia and got tickets with Amtrak via Baltimore. 

Die USA sind auch ein großartiges Land zum Wandern. Drei epische Fernwanderwege führen von Süd nach Nord (oder umgekehrt) und wer den Pacific Crest Trail an der Westküste, den Continental Divide Trail über die Rocky Mountains und den Appalachian Trail an der Ostküste gegangen ist, hat etwa 8000 Meilen absolviert und darf sich Triple Crowner nennen. Neben diesen drei bekanntesten, gibt es weitere Fernwanderwege, die das Land durchziehen. Aber es gibt zahllose kürzere Trails und Wege; insbesondere in den Nationalparks kann man wunderbar und auch mehrere Tage wandern.

There are only a handful of cities that I loved that much that I am constantly wishing of coming back and visit them another time. Hongkong is among them and New York City is. Unforgotten the first glimpse from the aircraft almost 12 years ago when in the approach for landing at La Guardia-airport the pilot cruised low above Manhattan …