USA Week 5: Rest and baseball in Durham
Our long
road trip through the USA
is already halfway through and we are in need of some peace and quiet between all the major cities and sights. In
Durham
we find that peace, and much more! Find out what our week in this – for most readers still unknown – city in North Carolina looked like!
Need rest
After America’s NationalParks, and the other previous sights of San Diego,Los Angeles and Las Vegas, we were now in need of a little rest. It can certainly
be tiring to travel a long
time and it is important that we take some rest in between. A better place to do that than in this city, we don’t think there is.
Why Durham?
Durham is a city in North Carolina that belongs to Raleigh. This city has a big airport,is known for duke university and of course its excellent baseball games. This city is also known for its absolute times against racism. Last year, for example, protesters took down a statue that glorified slavery during the civil war. Everywhere you see placards with anti-racism texts and texts about love. Their common message reads “Hate has no home here” and “Doesn’t matter where you’re from, you are welcome”. They want to say that really everyone is welcome in their city, it doesn’t matter where you come from. A beautiful thought,we think.
Beyond these fun facts,we chose to stay in this city because of its location. North Carolina is located roughly between Miami and New York,our next and last 2 destinations of our road trip. So it’s the perfect place to relax among all the hustle and bustle of the big cities.
Streets
Durham is a beautiful city. You see a lot of greenery and the streets are kept clean. The houses there are usually gigantic large and painted in beautiful colors. That’s our house. It is a large house with a terrace at the front and a large terrace at the back, with stairs to the extensive garden. Our house also has a porch that overlooks the garden. It’s a house as you see many in Durham. Beautifully maintained and typically American built.
Durham Bulls
Most of our time in Durham, we spent on the lovely terrace or the large porch of our temporary home. With temperatures over 30 degrees,it was the ideal place to stay. But every now and then we also took the time to watch baseball games. The
Bulls
– durham’s baseball team – didn’t do badly in their league and we loved cheering them on during the games we saw. Of the two games we went to see, they lost one and won one. The latter was very exciting!
If you’re going to watch a baseball game, we’d recommend watching on Thursday night or Friday night. On weekends, more families with children come and the entertainment around the field is also provided. Unless you have children, of course, then Sunday is the best day to go and watch! Even for people who don’t like sports right away, baseball is really fun to watch. Especially the entertainment around the field, but also the actions on the pitch, can be very amusing with moments.



What to do?
This town is more than just baseball. Downtown you will find many cozy restaurants with an eye for healthy food. In all the places we have already visited in America, we didn’t actually find any restaurants without fast food. So this is the way we are, and we’re happy about that. The restaurants they have here are really good. Recommendations are definitely Mateo’s and Alley 26. Both restaurants make tasty, refined tapas and drinks. You can also find a restaurant in Downtown where they all have kinds of beers on tap. There is even Belgian beer to be found!
Also the American Tobacco Campus is a place you can’t skip! Especially in the evening it is very pleasant to stay and it is near the Bulls Athletic Park, the stadium where the baseball games take place.
Furthermore, the typical American high schools and universities are the hallmark of this city. It’s nice to walk past and through these campuses. We were lucky enough to visit it at a time when many students graduated. It was nice to see these students, in traditional attire, celebrating that they had graduated.
Next destinations
This town certainly brought us peace. The new energy we have, we will use for our next and last two destinations in America.
Our next destination is sunny Miami and our last destination is bustling New York. So for these two world cities, we will need our energy! Be sure to follow us on Facebook or Instagram
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Gabriรซlle
Leuk, ik vind het ook altijd gaaf om een sport te gaan bekijken op reis. Baseball in Amerika lijkt mij echt geweldig ๐
roadtrippersofthesun
Baseball is super leuk! Spijtig dat we geen andere sporten hebben gezien zoals basket of american football…
Sylvie Van Nieuwerburgh
Ziet er heel mooi en relaxed uit. Ben vooral fan van die porches :).
roadtrippersofthesun
JA! Wij ook helemaal! En de meeste huizen hebben er zelfs 2! Vooraan en achteraan!
Christophe
Al halverwege? Dat vliegt wel om. Het lijkt alvast een super trip.
roadtrippersofthesun
Ondertussen al terug thuis in Belgiรซ helaas… De tijd vliegt!
Janet | thatonetime
Inderdaad nog nooit van gehoord maar het klinkt als een heerlijke plek om een paar dagen te verblijven. Veel plezier nog met jullie reis. Ik vond the USA echt geweldig en zou graag weer terug willen!
roadtrippersofthesun
USA heeft heel wat te bieden, dat is waar. Alleen jammer soms van de mentaliteit of drukte in toeristische steden. Maar dan maken de Nationale Parken weer hรฉรฉl veel goed.
Hip on Trip
Ik had er, eerlijk gezegd, nog nooit van gehoord. Maar klinkt goed. Zeker de boodschap tegen racisme, die ze uitdragen, vind ik mooi.
roadtrippersofthesun
Dat vonden wij ook heel erg mooi! We voelden ons in deze stad erg op ons gemak. Een leuke buurt als je ergens een huis wil kopen in Amerika ๐
Kim
Ik had nog nooit gehoord van deze stad, maar het klinkt als een heerlijke plek om even bij te komen!
roadtrippersofthesun
Dat was het zeker, Kim!
Jenny - ikreis.net
Ik had er nog nooit van gehoord, maar het ziet er best leuk altijd. Ookal ben ik meer van de natuur ๐
roadtrippersofthesun
Durham is ook een heel erg mooi plekje, hoor. Het is er rustig en er zijn vรฉรฉl parken te vinden. Er is ook veel groen op straat en de meeste huizen hebben enorme tuinen. Genoeg natuur dus, met een ‘stadje’ vlakbij.
Me over ME
Ik heb ooit een baseball wedstrijd in Texas gezien. Ik dacht dat er niks aan zou zijn, maar het was juist hartstikke gaaf!
roadtrippersofthesun
Wij vonden het ook erg leuk, vooral het entertainment er rond!
Thomas en Iris (Came to Wander)
Zo’n leuk stadje lijkt mij dit! En wat tof om naar zo’n sportwedstrijd te gaan zeg! Veel plezier op in Miami en New York.
roadtrippersofthesun
Dankjewel Thomas en Iris! Het was er heel erg leuk!