During our five-month-long trip planning, I was nervous about London. Kathleen had requested that we separate it from the rest of England, and as the rest of the itinerary fell into place, she ended up asking if we could save London for last. (Until she realized our return flight was through JFK, then it turned [...]
For today, we are resuming on 21 June 2015, the day we bid adieu to Scotland and made our way to Newcastle. This aspect of the trip was a little bit of a bust; we had planned most of that day around going to Washington Old Hall, because our dad is a big George Washington [...]
First things first: WE BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE! We closed at the end of September, cleaned and repainted the interior by ourselves, and then moved in the middle of October. I haven't even opened my laptop since my last travel post, so... that is my excuse for not posting in so long. For now, let's [...]
After four relaxing days spent in Wales, we hit the road again, this time for the Pennines and Bronte country. We had debated at length during planning about trying to stay in Liverpool for one or two nights, but ultimately the cost of accommodations kept us from doing that. Liverpool also ended up being one of [...]
I wish I had saved some of the email and text exchanges I had with Kathleen during the final stages of planning this trip. I had narrowed down BnB options and was running them by her so she could have the final say, but most of her replies consisted of: "Wales? Why?" She wasn't being [...]
Our trip continued from Iceland to England on 03 June, with a comparatively short flight from Reykjavik to London Heathrow. We had purposefully booked a late flight, having planned to do the Blue Lagoon in the first half of the day, but that plan backfired spectacularly. At least we had our first glance of London and [...]
You, Me, and Ollie! 