I-10 From Coast to Coast
I ought to say something about “the best laid plans” and all that, but I’ll save the cliché. Obviously, we haven’t finished moving to our [Read More…]
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Durham, England and “We’re Not Dead”
For our regular readers who expect our typical 3-a-week blog frequency, we’re pleased to report that we’re not dead. We didn’t meet our demise in [Read More…]
Ripon Cathedral
The problem with expectations is that they leave room for disappointment. We sadly admit that we were rather disappointed with England’s Durham Cathedral. Bill Bryson, [Read More…]
The Magna Carta and Durham Cathedral’s Anniversary Exhibit
800 years ago this summer, a group of rebellious English barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta. This document is often cited as [Read More…]
A Nifty New TripAdvisor Feature for Travelers
We’re diehard TripAdvisor users. We use it on a daily basis to check up on hotel and restaurant reviews and ratings, and we use it [Read More…]
Castles, Castles, Everywhere!
There are hundreds of castles in England. Many are ruins, but some are still working residences. On our June visit to “The North”, we got [Read More…]
Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby, England
Every June for the past couple of hundred years, English and Welsh gypsies, as well as Scottish and Irish “travelers”, have gathered in the small [Read More…]
A Year of Full Time Travel
It’s our first “travelversary”. On June 14, 2014, a year ago today, we set out on a 6-month work-as-we-go tour of Europe, and we haven’t [Read More…]
England’s Northeastern Cathedrals
We’re slowly working our way through the list of the Church of England’s cathedrals, and with our June return to Northern England, we checked three [Read More…]
A New Fave Travel Resource: Flightconnections.com
There’s a particular problem for travelers seeking the best airfare, even with the most flexible of fare searching tools like Kayak. The problem is when [Read More…]