Leaving home was hard enough when I moved to Denver. And Paris. And London. And New York. And back to London. But the hardest thing is coming home for a long visit only to leave again.This time, I was wise enough to plan something to look forward to on the other side of a teary …
Until recently, I hadn’t been to Wales in about 15 years. I can’t believe I’m old enough to say that! ANYWAY. A view of Rhossili. It seems disgraceful that, going to Bristol weekly and having lived in London for ages now, I hadn’t gotten Wales-way since it is “just” a three hour drive to the …
At the end of August, I started to gear up for a very busy “autumn,” as the British call it. (As long as there is pumpkin spice latte, I don’t care what you call it.) First, one of my oldest friends came for a visit and, as all Americans are wont to do, she requested …
What’s better than celebrating your birthday?Celebrating a friend’s birthday! During the first May bank holiday, J, V and I packed our very small, RyanAir-sized bags and hopped over to Berlin for a three-day fun fest in celebration of V’s birthday. Can you see Johanna making a funny face out the window? J and V love …
Don’t blame me for the bad joke, I promised a certain special someone that I’d name this post after this most awful play on words. Anyway, don’t let the bad humor dissuade you from reading on, or at least glancing at the pictures, because our road trip across England and Scotland is a tale worth …
When I got back from the States after Christmas, I committed to myself that I’d spend some time “settling” into London life. When the travel bug bites you, it is quite easy to get carried away. I mean this quite literally; from July to December last year I was in a different country each month …
If you’ve been following the blog for a while you know that I started this ol’ thang because I lived in Paris for a few months before moving to London in 2011. I wrote every once and a while about my impressions of the City of Light and the many people that inhabit it, including …
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 …
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 …
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 …