This past month there hasn’t been a weekend that I’ve been home. Instead, I’ve been taking mini-trips around Europe visiting various friends. From Cork to Swansea, I’ve been re-covering familiar territory.First stop on my February trips abroad was Swansea. A friend from London came along with me, so I knew I had to show her …
Remember the time I drove to Edinburgh?Yeah, so do most people who were on the road. I’ve gotten much better driving on the wrong side of the road since. Or, so I like to think. My travel companion for my latest adventure may beg to differ. Looking at this parking job, you might, too. At …
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 …
We stayed in Koh Pha Ngan the longest of all the places we were in Thailand, mostly because we were quite far from Haad Riin (where the Full Moon Party takes place) and had this view from our little cabana: …and breakfasts that consisted of this every morning… Ironically, though, I relaxed a little bit …
Although I got the fewest pictures, Koh Tao was probably my favorite place in Thailand. (Wait, didn’t I say that about Chiang Mai? Gah! I can’t make up my mind!) V and I on our way from Koh Nang Yuan Koh Tao is a small, relatively unblemished island, just north of Koh Phag Nan. If …
Embarrassingly, I walked around Thailand misusing and mispronouncing Thai words left and right. I used the word “cab” as thank you for days until someone laughingly informed me that men say “cab” and women say “kaa.” I called Phuket “Foo-ket” and Koh Phi Phi “Koh Fee Fee” until after we’d left, at which time I …
I started out the year with the decision to stay put for a while to “sort myself out,” as the Brits say. Unfortunately, as with most British sayings, I have yet to get the hang of what that means, exactly, which explains why these past few months I’ve been one little stress ball. So, of …
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 …