World Tour and blog on the journey of a young globetrotter

Jacksonville : the movie

Romain — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:55:32 +0000

Here is the movie I’ve made about the first city I’ve visited in Florida Jacksonville. Once again, many thanks to Mac who hosted me one night there…Hope you’re close to reach your goals man.

New-York City : the movie (final part)

Romain — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:10:08 +0000

I’m a bit late, but here’s the 3rd and last video of my New York trip… Coming soon : Philadelphia tomorrow !

New-York City : the movie (part 2)

Romain — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:22:41 +0000

Here is finally the second part of my trip in New-York City. I spent a lot of time working on the third episode while I was on the bus last night so (I just arrived in Miami), so it might be online soon. Stay tuned !

New-York City : the movie (part 1)

Romain — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:18:39 +0000

Here is the video of the begining of my previous trip in New-York City.

I’m currently in Philadelphia since yesterday, where I had few problems that I will probably tell you in another article before the end of the day… Have fun with this first video of NYC and stay tuned, the other ones are coming soon…

Boston’s video

Romain — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:29:03 +0000

Here the video I just made about my recent trip to Boston. Hope you will love it. I’m taking some days off and I’ll be back in few days. For the moment, enjoy this movie…

Happy holidays from Times Square

Goodbye Boston, Hello New York City

Romain — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:28:41 +0000

Wednesday, 24th, 10.25 : There I am in Boston for 3 days and time is running very fast here ! My first day here was an opportunity for me to discover the downtown city, which is very full of people and animations due to christmas holidays. My first impression about Boston is that it’s not such a huge city (for example, I had the opposite feeling about Toronto) and it’s quite easy to travel within the city. A susual, I was loaded like hell (I’m now close to 25 kilos, including souvenirs and presents from Canada that I ‘ll have to send soon in France), but I’m just feeling happy here. But I must confess that the cold wind was terrible, and I’ve never felt cold like this since the beginning of my trip (except in Tadoussac, but -40°C was something that I’ll never forget !)

During the night, I met Juan, a very cool american guy originally coming from Guatemala, who host me for a night, since his flatmates flew back to Europe for Chistmas holidays (HUGE thanks to Ivan for his nice room !). And once again, many thanks to Juan for his time and his warm welcome.

I spent my second day in Boston walking inside the campus of the world famous Harvard Univerisity. I felt a real harmony inside between students, as well as a strong dynamism. But I guess that’s normal : it’s one of the world’s best universities ! You can see the pictures here. And you will enjoy them, since I had the chance to take them while the sun was going down and it was just simply beautiful.

Because Juan was leaving to New York for Christmas holidays, I had to find another place to stay. One adviced me a very cheap hostel called the Farrington Inn (located on Farrington Avenue) where it’s possible to share a room with some other people for 27,50$ a night (33$ including taxes). However, even if I found the welcome pretty warm, I had cold showers ! I finally could met some other couchsurfers in a very nice bar called Big City located on Brighton Avenue. I met Nicolas, a guy who has both french and american citizenship (and who is coming from the same city than me : Lyon), Andrew (we spoke a lot about video editing and about my trip, he was a really cool guy), but also Rosie, Chris, Adam, Dane…When I went back to the hostel, I met the guy who was sleeping just next to me, Carlos, who is coming from Spain and currently studying Law in Puerto Rico. He took few weeks to travel in the USA. For the little story, our other roomate just went out of jail (I heard a phone conversation), but I did not try to learn more about his story. To conclude about Boston, I would say that I met a lot of very interesting people (and a lot of american people who apparently love france), a first view from the States, and once again, walking, walking and walking !

15.52 : I’m writing these few lines while I’m sitting in my bus to New York City, where I’ll meet a friend of mine, Mathieu, to avoid spending Christmas alone. If ever you’re planning to do such a trip (from Boston to NewYork), a chinese company called Lucky Star offers one way tickets for 15$ (but don’t expect too much inside the bus !)
New York City, I’m coming ! Too many people too see there, and especially my familly that is visiting me for new year’s eve.

Thursday, 25th , 10.52 : I’m writing you these few lines from the Queens area in New York, where I arrived yesterday after a longer trip than expected (6h rather than 4, roads were really busy !). I was so amazed by Times Square, Ground Zero (really scary I would say…), and nice christmas’s diner in the Little Italy. More soon, I’m now going downtown too see more !

Niagara Falls’s video…

Romain — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:08:04 +0000

…and the one about my first day in the USA is now online…I hope you’ll enjoy it. I’m wishing to all of you a merry christmas…

Toronto’s video

Romain — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:17:58 +0000

My trip in Canada is finally over, and there is the last video I made about the few days I spent in Toronto, Ontario. Please remain patient, Niagara Falls video and entrance to the US is coming very soon…

Tadoussac : the video

Romain — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:52:01 +0000

I produced this video in one night while my heart was still full of emotions from this wonderful place. Then you will have an idea of what I lived during these 4 days. Tadoussac, I told you : I’ll be back.

Live from Toronto

Romain — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:19:42 +0000

Here am I finally in Toronto, after a 7h30 trip by bus from Montréal. And what a trip ! Here is how things happened: once arrived at the bus terminal, I was looking for a youth hostel many people recommanded to me. Outside, the snow is falling strongly and I’ve no idea where the auberge is. It’s already 23.00, there isn’t a lot of people in the streets, and I’m loaded like hell with my both backpacks. I finally lost myself in the streets of Toronto for almost 1h30 (but it was a good opportunity to discover the city), when I suddenly found it. Tired and wet, I was looking like a zombie and the receptionist asked me if I was crazy. Well, I answered that it’s possible since I’m travelling the world alone. Once I’ve ckecked-in, I also had the pleasure to lost myself a second time in the streets to find the right building where I was supposed to spend the night. Indeed, I walked 10mn in the wrong direction with my 25 kilos backpack…While this building I was looking for was only 20m from the reception. I was so hungry (I did not eat since the day before) that I finished my day eating the best Nachos I’ve ever seen at Gabby’s (ask for the “Big Nachos” with chicken and guacamole, it will cost you almost $15 for a 35cm x 35cm plate).

Today, a very scary thing happened to me : when I was walking on the streets, a huge piece of ice fell from like 60 meters high, only 1 meter from me… A women who was walking behind me was as schocked that I was…

But this first day in Toronto was a really cool one, since i had the pleasure to discover the city centre, to clim the CN Tower, which is the second highest tower in the world (553,33 meters high). The tower also has the world’s highest observation area located at 447 m from the ground (this is from where I took the following picture) !

Tomorrow ? Niagara Falls !