I recently got back from a 5 week trip around the USA with my parents. I hadn't been out of the country since I was 5, let alone away from home for more than 10 days, so it was an amazing experience, yet tiring and homesicky.
We travelled from LA to NY, caught a train up to Boston and from there, with our hire car, drove south through Connecticut, Washington DC, Virginia, Tennessee, down to New Orleans and up to Dallas. By the end I was longing for a glimpse of an Australian beach or our beautiful Harbour, and in desperate need of a sleep in my own bed!
Nevertheless, I saw so many amazing things, enjoyed the 'culture', food, music, theatre