Sometimes the best part of traveling happens where you do not expect. For us, our most fond memories have happened house sitting. Here is our chance to live like locals, meet locals and feel like we belong.
Not Noah’s Arc, But a Start Read More »
Paris has had some bad press in the past few years. People told us it is not the beautiful, pristine, Disney-like, haughty, fashion-forward, gastronic center-of-the-universe that it once was. Not true.
Paris is still the City of Light Read More »
Ireland is proving to be more interesting than we expected. The Irish situation is very raw, very dark. And recent. In the news is nothing but Brexit. First from the European perspective, then Britain’s, now each of the Irelands. That is a current event that is like a gauzy drape over all else here right now.
North Ireland; Attempting to Understand Read More »
Have some fun at our expense hearing about our trials in having a camera delivered. In the back drop of travelers seeking to understand a centuries old struggle in Northern Ireland.
Tourist Challenges; The Case of the Missing Stuff Read More »
Postcard to friends and family while enjoying the local culture in Ireland. Answers to last postcard’s quiz
Rivers, Beers, Rivers of Beer – Ireland Read More »
Traveling UK and Ireland for Christmas and New Years. Looking back on our six months of traveling Europe
Dublin City New Year’s Read More »
We are enduring some of the most arduous travel legs so far, using public transportation in England. With it comes wisdom to impart and funny stories to entertain. Plus we are visiting diverse cities and landscapes and histories.
New Holiday Rituals, Travel Tribulations and Banksy Read More »
Christmas in the Cotswolds; English Pub culture in the Wintertime. Idyllic. We use that word a lot, but it applies.
Trains, Pubs and Christmas in the Cotswolds Read More »
The Lakes District in England: 16 big lakes, lots of small ones, and mountains and and dales in between. Sheep, sheep, sheep and just as many hikers. Walking, or rambling, is the thing to do here. And let us take a moment to recap our Harry Potter sightings
Harry Potter Recap and the Lakes District, England Read More »
Taking our time traveling through Scotland. Stops in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oban for sights, whisky and culture
Edenborough, Glasgow and Oban; Sights, Whisky and Culture Read More »
