Upon landing and waiting for the rental car, the weather changed multiple times... sunny, pouring rain, cloudy, back to sun, etc. So, welcome to Scotland! We were waiting behind a couple who were...
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Scotland 2017: waterfalls and whisky!
Back in late November, whilst enjoying the end of a warm day in New Zealand, we discovered some great deals to the UK. After some discussion we booked two trips, one to London in February, and a...
Winter Weekend in London: Sunday
For our last day in London we planned an itinerary that took us to four separate neighborhoods. First, we walked along Bayswater Road for the weekly Sunday Art Exhibition. Unfortunately, not many...
Winter Weekend in London: Saturday
We were hoping to see another show on our trip and checking the usual discount ticket sites wasn't getting us the results we wanted for Saturday evening. The Gielgud Theatre offers £15 same day...
Winter Weekend in London: Friday
Friday was definitely a day of culture! First up was the famous Natural History Museum, with all manner of mineral, animals, and lots of other science. I spent a half day here a couple years back...
Winter Weekend in London: Overview and Thursday
In November we found an outstanding deal for the direct flight from RDU to London, so we booked a long weekend trip for February. London is a favorite city to visit (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012...)...
Eric’s 40th: A birthday in London
After breakfast we left our hotel and headed north to the Brick Lane area. As we came to the north end of the street we found a collection of street vendors selling delicious smelling ethnic foods,...
Eric’s 40th: where we stayed in London
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - Tower of London - located a block from the Tower Hill metro stop, this hotel is well positioned for exploring Tower Bridge, Bermondsey, Shoreditch, and other...
Eric’s 40th: IcelandAir
How to celebrate my 4oth birthday - how could it not involve travel? When we noticed some nice fares on Icelandair to London we started thinking about a trip. Then I remembered that Icelandair...
UK 2015: London – Day 1
Thursday We arrived in London's Kings Cross station, adjacent to the beautiful old brick St. Pancras station. Due to our unfortunate visit to the lost & found office, we also saw the famous...
UK 2015: Edinburgh
Tuesday We dropped off the car after a long day of driving and walked back toward the airport's tram station. For 5£ each we were in the heart of Edinburgh in about 20 minutes. Thankfully the key...
UK 2015: Speyside to Edinburgh
Our group discussed a few options for what to do along the way to Edinburgh, and Eric and I were outvoted in favor of a trip to the east coast for castle and shore views. Our first stop was in...
UK 2015: Exploring Speyside
Monday was our day that revolved completely around whisky tasting in Speyside. We started off rather early with a 10am reservation for the 'Essential' tour and tasting at Benromach. Although we...
UK 2015: Grantown-on-Spey
After our long day in the car, I needed to get a quick walk around town to check out the snow. As I was taking photos of the church, the pastor's wife waved me over and invited me for post-church...
UK 2015: Glencoe and Ben Nevis
Heading north out of Callander we stopped briefly at the Trossachs Mills for a few shots of Hamish and Honey, the wooly highland cows. A few miles down the road, and though my car registered the...
UK 2015: West Trossachs & Callander
We got a bit of a later start due to our late night before... but after coffee and some pastries we were ready to roll. On our 2013 trip we explored the east side which was twistier with more scenic...
UK 2015: Glasgow nights
We only had two nights in Glasgow, but based on our experiences here we definitely want to go back; hopefully, next time we will experience some things in the day too! Thursday night Situated just...
UK 2015: Southern Scotland daytrip
One of the major to-dos on our trip was for our friend to visit her family castle, MacClellan's Castle. Located in southern Scotland, we decided to make it a day-trip from Glasgow and visit several...
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Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
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Faroe Islands (Aug)
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Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
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Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
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Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
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Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
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