Driving back to the coast from Charlotte, the first thing we saw coming near to Wilmington, North Carolina, damages of Hurricane Florence and Michael which both hit the North Carolina coast this year with severe flooding. It's devastating to see.. as Europeans we have no idea of the power of such hurricanes and the long... Continue Reading →

Charlotte is the biggest city in North Carolina and listed as the third-fastest-growing major city in the whole US. It's also the nation's number one tech town and home to the corporate headquarters of Bank of America and the East coast operations of Wells Fargo, which along with other financial institutions makes Charlotte the second-largest... Continue Reading →

North Carolina is said to be the most livable state in the US. And we definitively could see why. You instantly feel comfortable in the big cities there. Raleigh (the capital of North Carolina), Durham (the university city) and in the next blog Charlotte (the financial city). Raleigh: Raleigh is the second largest city in... Continue Reading →

From Virginia Beach we drove further south along the eastern coast of North Carolina to the Outer Banks = OBX. This is a narrow but very very long strip of land along the coastline. Often you'll have on one side the ocean and some dunes, the street, and on the other side another dune or... Continue Reading →