The last several days of our trip have a bit more flow to them than the day-to-day nature of the first week or so, and so we’ll put a bow…
Ah, Glen Albyn. Not the kind of famous that you instantly recognize the name, but once pointed out to you, you’ll never forget and may feel a little silly that…
A nifty bit of serendipity revealed itself on our first full day in Scotland. One of the people we were traveling with had a clear idea of their Scottish ancestry…
After exhausting everything we could possibly see and do in the Borders (please tell me that by now you get how absurd that statement is) it was time for us…
On the last night of this trip, we four friends sat at dinner and chatted amiably about the week that was. Lisa and I broke out one of our go-to…
I have a weird sense of writing about the next couple days, largely because we’ve done it before. Not just traveling to the places, but even blogging about it. Here,…
Long ago we recognized that we have very different travel experiences when we sojourn with others. It’s not exactly rocket science to figure out; if other people are involved in…
A long-awaited and anticipated trip finally came through for us as friends from our old life in the States came visiting for a long week in Northern England and Scotland….
Long before we conceived of this new life as immigrants, we noodled on a different way to travel the world affordably by becoming semi-professional housesitters. The person responsible was the…
One of my favorite comedians, Josh Gondelman, begins a story in his most recent special thusly: “my dad had a health scare, and when I say it like that, you…
