A London Guide for the Uninitiated
by Joe Thomas There are so many tourist attractions to see in London that it is best to plan out what you want to visit ahead of time, so you […]
Travel Pet Peeves
I don’t normally talk about travel in negative terms, but there are just those times! You know, the time your flight was canceled and you were reticketed in the middle […]
Full English Deconstructed
England is always on my mind, no matter whether I’m charging my FitBit or baking bread. When I first moved to England, I baked bread every week. We never had […]
My Top Ten Travel Packing Tips
The next class I’m teaching at University of Texas Informal Classes is Travel Packing. This is a three hour class that is jam packed full of ideas for minimizing what […]
The Month after the Month Before
It’s taken me a couple of months to get my feet back on the ground after my lovely trip to the UK 2016! In case you missed the blog post […]
England 2016 – Finale
June 11 – Saturday We had to leave Tintagel by 7 to get to the Enterprise Car Rental by 9 when they opened, so we missed Peter’s wonderful breakfast. Instead, […]
England 2016 – Tintagel
June 8 – Wednesday Today is Cornwall day! Tintagel! Coastline! My favorite B&B!!! It didn’t take long to get to Tintagel – about an hour and a half. It’s so […]
England 2016 – From North to South
June 3 – Friday We left Knaresborough around 9:00 am heading North toward Hadrian’s Wall. On the way, we stopped by a landmark known as the Angel of the North […]
England 2016 – Yorkshire and the Peak District
May 31 – Tuesday The alarm went off at 4 am. Groggily, I pulled myself out of bed and into the shower. We had a 6 am train to catch […]
England 2016 – London
May 27 It seemed that all the best laid plans were coming to fruition! I was completely packed, the animals were safely ensconced at the pet sitter’s place, and Pat […]