Other Your USA/NFL Trip in Pictures

[Dirty Bird]

Early morning drive to Memphis for the short 1 hour flight to Atlanta. Plenty of day left to explore.
Student art work at Memphis Airport
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Centennial Park Atlanta, 2nd image close to where the bomb went off in 96

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College Football Hall of Fame is situated next to Centennial Park. Copped a bit of damage during the protests earlier last year.
Great way to spend a couple of hours.

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The one thing I hate about the CFPHoF is the wall of helmets when you walk in.
They're all facing 1 way, and this causes some teams *cough* Boise *cough* to show the number side of the helmet not the logo side

 

[Dirty Bird]

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Carpark is the site of the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium where the Braves played from 66 - 96, Falcons until 92. Olympic baseball was played there and was demolished the next year.

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Red Wolves arriving under police escort

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And pertinent today, Hank Aaron Wall, section of the stadium where his record breaking home run went over.

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Is that the sight of the of the old Baseball stadium?

I think when I went there (2014) they were still playing out of the Georgia Dome, with plans to inherit the baseball stadium when the Braves moved into the Northern suburbs of thecity?

15min walk from downtown would be about right........If you're staying in the southern edges of downtown.

 

[Dirty Bird]

The one thing I hate about the CFPHoF is the wall of helmets when you walk in.
They're all facing 1 way, and this causes some teams *cough* Boise *cough* to show the number side of the helmet not the logo side

And just because I'm so Boise obsessed.
Do they still have the section with gameday footage and you can do the commentary of the play?

I remember they had the hook n ladder from the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Is that the sight of the of the old Baseball stadium?

I think when I went there (2014) they were still playing out of the Georgia Dome, with plans to inherit the baseball stadium when the Braves moved into the Northern suburbs of thecity?

15min walk from downtown would be about right........If you're staying in the southern edges of downtown.

Yep, the former Olympic Stadium transformed into the baseball Stadium, transformed into the football stadium. Much too big for their needs. Probably took me a little bit longer than 15 minutes, hotel was pretty much in the centre of downtown. I was a lot quicker walking back at nighttime though.

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Is that the sight of the of the old Baseball stadium?

I think when I went there (2014) they were still playing out of the Georgia Dome, with plans to inherit the baseball stadium when the Braves moved into the Northern suburbs of thecity?

15min walk from downtown would be about right........If you're staying in the southern edges of downtown.

View of the stadium with the football field, lower level seats, bottom of the picture, still follow the line of the baseball formation behind the catcher's plate

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Last day of my to short a visit to New York
Spark's Steakhouse, site of the Castellano hit


Train to Brooklyn, then a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge


Lunch at Chelsea Market then walked the Highline


Picked up my bags then off to the Air train and JFK
Madison Square Garden, sits on top of Penn Station



TWA Terminal at JFK, now a hotel.

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Late night arrival into Anaheim and a couple of days in the Happiest Place on Earth.
Not when it's f###ing crowded though

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Picked up early morning for the drive to LAX, elderly shuttle driver asked where in Australia I was from. Answered Perth. He says 'You're an Eagles supporter then?' No mate. 'Fremantle?'
He had a great knowledge of the AFL, said he got interested about 20 years ago just from a conversation he has with a passenger. Knew about the Carlton/Collingwood rivalry and also how he liked Eddie McGuire, though he mistakenly called him Jerry McGuire.

Had a day in LA before the evening flight, called a baggage storage service to pick my bags up then jumped on a bus to Union Station.



Sofi Stadium under construction; Downtown LA; Union Station



Walked to City Hall, went to the top to get a view



Subway to Hollywood Blvd for Shake Shack, then back on the train to USC and The Colessium



End of the Expo Line is Santa Monica, then walked to Venice



Ubered to LAX, little park a 10 minute walk away from the airport, In 'n' Out Burger (overrated)
Uncomfortable economy ride in a 787, looking forward to The Rose Bowl Jan 21. That worked out well.

 

[Constantgin]

Was looking for my trip to superbowl XLVII - San Francisco 49ers vs Baltimore Ravens back in 2013. Pretty sure i was still using proper film back then and not digital. I did come accross these from my trip in 2015.
Was Massive 9 week trip that did these cities in order. San Antonio - Dallas - Houston - Indianpolis - South Bend - Chicago - Las Vegas - San Francisco - San Jose - San Diego - Los Angeles - Honolulu

Only did 3 NFL Games 1 College game and about 10 nba games on this trip.

Dallas vs Seattle



Indianapolis Colts vs Denver Broncos (Peyton Manning Last Season plus his return to Indy as Bronco)






Notre Dame vs Wake Forrest (Senior Day)

 

[Exe Gesis]

Massive 9 week trip that did these cities in order. San Antonio - Dallas - Houston - Indianpolis - South Bend - Chicago - Las Vegas - San Francisco - San Jose - San Diego - Los Angeles - Honolulu

What were your favorite cities in order and why?

 

[00Stinger]

San Antonio is a great city that gets slept on imo

River walk is truely amazing and the city itself almost feels more Latin American than American imo

Cool Latin American markets and the Japanese gardens, zoo, Witte museum and botanical Gardens around Brackenridge Park are amazing. Their local bbqs are actually wood smokers too.

Probably my favourite American city

 

[Constantgin]

What were your favorite cities in order and why?

In Order from that trip favourite cities

1. San Francisco - The Bay, Food, Alcatraz plus met some great people.
2. Honalulu - The Water, the women plus helped at was end of trip need to relax in the sun.
3. San Antonio - If not for hurricane that kept us indoors for a day this would be rated 2. Riverwalk was awesome, friendly people, great food especially bbq.
4. Indianapolis - Love city layout all stadiums basically downtown and 10 minute walk from hotel. Met some nice people and good food plus cheap.
5. Houston - Love the underground tunnels under the city to get out the heat plus nasa is down the road which was awesome.
6. Chicago - Nice people, good food a fan of deep pizza, musuem was awesome just abit cold.
7. San Diego - Zoo and seaworld was good, food was decent just worst hotel of the trip and met some rude people.
8. Dallas - Food decent, stadium for cowboys is miles away, views on guns and jfk musuem was just depressing especially the x they have on road to mark where he was shot that people were running out to get selfies.
9. Las Vegas - Love days trips to grand canyon and hoover dam, and good shows every night, just expensive and unless their for booze trip/gambling not really a fan. They didn't have football team then either.
10. LA - My least favourite city in america, so spread out, traffic, lines for food, costs, pretenious people. Some decent things like themeparks, Griffith Observatory and venice beach.

City that got a pass since weren't there long only overnight to watch football were
1. South bend for Notre dame
2. San jose for 49ers game

 

[00Stinger]

In Order from that trip favourite cities

1. San Francisco - The Bay, Food, Alcatraz plus met some great people.
2. Honalulu - The Water, the women plus helped at was end of trip need to relax in the sun.
3. San Antonio - If not for hurricane that kept us indoors for a day this would be rated 2. Riverwalk was awesome, friendly people, great food especially bbq.
4. Indianapolis - Love city layout all stadiums basically downtown and 10 minute walk from hotel. Met some nice people and good food plus cheap.
5. Houston - Love the underground tunnels under the city to get out the heat plus nasa is down the road which was awesome.
6. Chicago - Nice people, good food a fan of deep pizza, musuem was awesome just abit cold.
7. San Diego - Zoo and seaworld was good, food was decent just worst hotel of the trip and met some rude people.
8. Dallas - Food decent, stadium for cowboys is miles away, views on guns and jfk musuem was just depressing especially the x they have on road to mark where he was shot that people were running out to get selfies.
9. Las Vegas - Love days trips to grand canyon and hoover dam, and good shows every night, just expensive and unless their for booze trip/gambling not really a fan. They didn't have football team then either.
10. LA - My least favourite city in america, so spread out, traffic, lines for food, costs, pretenious people. Some decent things like themeparks, Griffith Observatory and venice beach.

City that got a pass since weren't there long only overnight to watch football were
1. South bend for Notre dame
2. San jose for 49ers game

Alcatraz was my second most disappointing thing in America. Not that it's bad, it's just tiny when you get out on it.

 

[Constantgin]

Alcatraz was my second most disappointing thing in America. Not that it's bad, it's just tiny when you get out on it.

Did you do it at night ?

Night Tour makes all the difference

 

[00Stinger]

Did you do it at night ?

Night Tour makes all the difference

Nah did it during the day.

My disappointment was probably more around watching the 'Rock' as a kid, so I thought it would be big and not so small

Agree with the rest about SF though. I loved it, but I was there in Dec 2012. I have family over in America and they reckon not to go back to SF now as I would be disappointed with how downhill it has gone since

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I enjoyed Alcatraz.

I thought Hawaii was massively overrated other than the USS Arizona/Pearl Harbor war memorial. Id much rather go to Fiji than Hawaii if im looking for a beach getaway.

 

[Constantgin]

I enjoyed Alcatraz.

I thought Hawaii was massively overrated other than the USS Arizona/Pearl Harbour war memorial. Id much rather go to Fiji than Hawaii if im looking for a beach getaway.

True but after 8 weeks it was nice to sit on a beach and drink Mai Tai's think that the main reason i rated it so high. Plus it was right after LA which helped its ranking too.

 

[Constantgin]

Alcatraz at night its such a better tour than day. For starters its only 1 boat for the night of people, tours to places you don't see during day, get locked in cell if you want, also so much more spooky at night. Plus you have a guide.

Booked out months in advance so have to book well in advance.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Creepier at night

 

[The hands of stone]

Alcatraz at day is pedestrian , nightime is brilliant .
Always recommend night to people going.

 

[The hands of stone]

In Order from that trip favourite cities

1. San Francisco - The Bay, Food, Alcatraz plus met some great people.
2. Honalulu - The Water, the women plus helped at was end of trip need to relax in the sun.
3. San Antonio - If not for hurricane that kept us indoors for a day this would be rated 2. Riverwalk was awesome, friendly people, great food especially bbq.
4. Indianapolis - Love city layout all stadiums basically downtown and 10 minute walk from hotel. Met some nice people and good food plus cheap.
5. Houston - Love the underground tunnels under the city to get out the heat plus nasa is down the road which was awesome.
6. Chicago - Nice people, good food a fan of deep pizza, musuem was awesome just abit cold.
7. San Diego - Zoo and seaworld was good, food was decent just worst hotel of the trip and met some rude people.
8. Dallas - Food decent, stadium for cowboys is miles away, views on guns and jfk musuem was just depressing especially the x they have on road to mark where he was shot that people were running out to get selfies.
9. Las Vegas - Love days trips to grand canyon and hoover dam, and good shows every night, just expensive and unless their for booze trip/gambling not really a fan. They didn't have football team then either.
10. LA - My least favourite city in america, so spread out, traffic, lines for food, costs, pretenious people. Some decent things like themeparks, Griffith Observatory and venice beach.

City that got a pass since weren't there long only overnight to watch football were
1. South bend for Notre dame
2. San jose for 49ers game

SF is brilliant and agree with Honolulu , perfect finish to your US holiday spot .

Feel like Im taking a grenade heading back to LA in June so the kids can do Disney

 

[revo333]

4. Indianapolis - Love city layout all stadiums basically downtown and 10 minute walk from hotel. Met some nice people and good food plus cheap.

I only went to Indianapolis cause I follow the Colts and was surprised at how nice the city was to walk around.

I think Chicago would be higher on the list if you had better weather.

 

[Big Unit 30]

I only went to Indianapolis cause I follow the Colts and was surprised at how nice the city was to walk around.

I think Chicago would be higher on the list if you had better weather.

I visited Chicago in the summer and it was my favorite US city. Phenomenal place, loved it
San Fran Miami New York and Seattle all terrific places as well
LA ( as aforementioned by Constantgin ) is in my bottom 3 cities I’ve seen and I was gone for almost 4 years taking in 48 countries.
Totally overrated shithole

 

[Big Unit 30]

You worry me with how sad you are these days GG.exe

 

[Exe Gesis]

4 years taking in 48 countries

Loved to hear more about this and photos