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New England covered bridges have a touch of the past. They spread charm that brings back memories. One almost expects that instead of the cars and bicycles that pass them, horse-drawn carriages bump over their wooden planks.
We are on our way in search of the true story of the Trapp family's escape from the National Socialists, not the Hollywood version of the film "The Sound of Music", which made the family world famous.
There is hardly a pie recipe in the USA that is as typical for fall as an American Pumpkin Pie Recipe that is easy to prepare. A pumpkin pie always whets my appetite for a cozy coffee break by the warm stove. If you want to bake an American pumpkin pie yourself, you will find the right recipe for it here.
Discover the majestic animal of the Nordic forests: when is the best time to see moose? Visit TravelWorldOnline for New England tips.
A tip for a road trip through New England: the descendants of the American President Abraham Lincoln once lived in Hildene in Manchester Vermont. Today you can visit the manor house. The gardens in particular are worth a visit.
The Trapp Family Lodge is located on a side street on a hill above Stowe. From there we have a view of the valley below and the range of hills on the other side of the valley. Our room has a balcony from which we have a panoramic view of the surroundings.
Whenever we are out and about in New England, images of the Green Mountain Villages haunt us with their pointed church spiers looming over a white-painted church in the center, with a cozy inn across the street and a covered bridge that leads into the village, through our heads. Somehow these clichés stand for our picture [...]
It's pouring rain. it's pouring And it's pouring. The sky empties buckets of water on us. Not exactly the best weather for outdoor attractions, so we're very glad that a glass factory in Vermont is on our agenda today. As it turns out, this is exactly the right occupation for such a day.[…]
The small village of Stowe in the Green Mountains below Mt. Mansfield in northern Vermont actually only consists of a road junction where a road from the mountains joins the main road through the village. The other, via which we arrive, runs through typical Vermont farmland. Again and again we pass the [...]
