A quick road trip through history and a rare glimpse of our own country.

The US as a country is not old by any standards. We’ve been to temples, ruins and even restaurants hundreds and thousands of years older than the country we call home. Nevertheless, touring a fragment of the States was illuminating. We rarely venture out of our metropolitan tristate area so a quick trip through New England was a welcome change of pace. And not having to line up at the airport security lines was a bonus!

During this short trip, we managed to see Boston and Martha’s Vineyard (in Massachusetts) plus Providence and New Port (in Rhode Island).

All images shot with a Canon EOS 80D and a Sigma 24-105 f/4 ART lens with a few close-ups using the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 lens.

Martha’s Vineyard, MA

The texture on this anchor! If I had only brought my macros lens…

This day was quite hazy so I decided to accentuate that in this photo instead of fixing it in post.

Vespas – not just for trips around the Tuscan countryside.

Boston, MA

A building designed to look like a crumpled piece of paper. MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA.

Whale watching trip in the Boston Harbor. Nearby boats joined us on our chase for a glimpse of the gigantic mammals.

Radars allowed us to track the whales and experts on board knew when to expect them to emerge by the funnels of bubbles they created underwater. An ingenious trap for their prey. We saw mostly tales, but they were spectacular, nonetheless.

Skywalk Observatory. I’ve got a small collection of photos with different models of binoculars. It’s always interesting to see different styles and the vistas they look out onto.

A stark contrast – the typical bay-windowed buildings seen in the streets of Boston, MA.

Newport and Providence, RI

Some detail on a chandelier hanging in the Breakers Mansion in Newport, RI.

Providence, RI – looking like a storybook town. This was taken from a window of a Starbucks at a mall located a few stories above ground allowing for these perfectly straight buildings and river views.

I loved the contrast of this little girl’s dress against the dark patch of trees and green leaves. I edited the photos slightly to accentuate that.

A mirror image.

All images shot with a Canon EOS 80D and a Sigma 24-105 f/4 ART lens with a few close-ups using the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 lens.

Vicky Vicky's passion for travel and photography developed during (and after) a 6-month trip to Europe and South East Asia. Since then, she's expanded her knowledge of photography and developed a serious thirst for exploration. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Rami and, beyond travel photography, loves cooking, blogging, animals, Harry Potter and desserts of all kinds.