Last week I decided I was kind of bored. I’d gotten ahead in my work and felt a little stir crazy around the flat. Wondering what to do, I called up an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages…and decided to meet her in her hometown, Hamburg. I booked my ticket through Last Minute (so …
Month: November 2013
I love touristing in my own city- Rai’s showing me around in Rio quickly turned me on to the many merits of being a tourist at home. One of the many places I have yet to go in London is Greenwich. Although I failed to really understand the concept of the prime meridian (!!!) until …
To cheer me up from various and sundry things going wacky, I decided to take a little weekend minibreak. I didn’t want to spend too much money, so I decided to venture closer to home, stopping in Bath after a day trip to Bristol. Despite being grey and cloudy, it was the perfect antidote to …
After weeks of traveling, unpacking, catching up with friends and getting into the swing of things, I lost something really important to me that really stopped me in my tracks. I tend to focus on all the positive stuff in my life on the blog because…well, what’s the point in dwelling on bad things? The …
Going to Grenada was one of those other-worldly experiences where I felt a lump in my throat the entire time. I guess I’m kind of emotional when it comes to seeing places I’ve dreamed about my entire life. (You can take the girl out of America, but you can’t take the drama queen American out …
I didn’t forget that I promised you the best of food and flamenco when I wrote about my adventures in Sevilla a few days ago. As I mentioned, all I wanted from a Spanish trip was good food, good wine and a little bit o’ sunshine. The latter being fulfilled, I was intent on using …
I’ve found a new favorite place in the world. Or, rather, I’ve found a trend that is rather disturbing. Being a child of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the US, with family primarily from New England and points north, I have always assumed that cold and wet is in my blood. Sadly, it would seem that …
OK- I give in. Since seeing all my pictures of Spain on Instagram I’ve been harassed non-stop about when I’m going to post about the ten days I spent in Spain. I wanted to wait until the weather here in London got REALLY super sad so I could relive the entire trip and bring a …