In the last post I shared some experiences from the first half of our two-week trip to the United States. Now we’ll look at the second half.
After leaving Bethany Beach we headed northwards along the coast, stopping at a few outlets along the way. Shopping in Delaware is presumably a thing because of the lack of sales tax.
I will say that from this trip – and my son’s stay in US generally – it’s obvious that prices have gone up a huge amount over the last few years. Switzerland used to feel really expensive when compared with the US, but it’s far from being the case now. So we shopped, but not until we dropped. Or maybe we just dropped sooner.
We crossed another bridge at St Georges…
… before stopping in Wilmington to refuel both the car and the kids: it was our last chance before leaving Delaware for Pennsylvania, and I’d been careful to check average gas prices per state: for our trip it made sense to fill the car in Delaware and Virginia (before returning it full…