Airports are tiny microcosms of our lives.  I like airports. I walk into an airport, and I’m *happy* because I know I’m about to embark on an adventure.  No one […]

I am working on my class for Thursday night. “Hi there!  How are you tonight?   I’ll be your instructor for Beyond London.  Is everyone in the right class?” “Think of […]

I seem to evangelize a lot about getting out of London and exploring other places in the UK.  It’s true that there is more to England than London.  It is […]

December 4, Thursday   I’m leaving for England in a few hours, but have to make up time working from home while multitasking my packing and managing the maid service.  […]

Monday, Sept. 22 We sat down to breakfast and the proprietors, Peter and Julie, were the perfect hosts!  Peter’s breakfasts are award worthy… and his specialty, the porridge brulee, was […]

Thursday, Sept. 18 On Thursday, I had planned to tour the local hostel and take a few pictures.  I’d never seen a hostel before, but the one in Keswick had […]

I am about to begin a foray into the two-plus week vacation I just had in the UK.  For those of us about to embark… we salute you. Pre-Trip Introduction […]

The countdown clock says 27 days until I leave for the motherland (England, of course).  I visibly get both more excited and scared.  Excited because of all the new things […]

I have a friend who will be traveling by herself to London and overseas for the first time.  That’s a pretty gutsy thing to do, in my mind!  I thought […]

There are times when I find myself wondering… where would I be right now if I could?  My vivid imagination always takes me to a sunny day in the English […]