Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in London on Jun 24th, 2017
Ahhh… London. It’s good to be back. Although it’s always oddly difficult to figure out how to spend our time during a short visit (same issue two years ago). Ironically, I think it’s because we’re so familiar with the city and have spent so much time here. As a result, we’re usually picking between things […]
Posted in Aer Lingus, Ireland, Scotland on Jul 5th, 2014
We spent the morning playing with Emerson, repacking the suitcases (they’d gotten a bit out of order), storing our luggage, and checking out of The Glasshouse. It was approaching the lunch hour as we’d left. As such, we trekked back into Old Town to visit Oink, a cheap takeaway joint serving pulled pork sandwiches. En […]
Posted in Scotland on Jul 4th, 2014
Well, I’d written a really nice post about this day, but the damn iPhone app for WordPress ate it just as I was finishing it for posting. What a waste of time / annoyance… Summary: We went to the National Museum of Scotland — it was modest, but enjoyable. We had lunch at The Hanging […]
Posted in Scotland on Jul 3rd, 2014
After our late arrival last night, we got a little bit of a later start this morning as well. Libby and Emerson headed to the breakfast room (“free”–a £13/pp. value–due to my Marriott status), while I arranged to get our room switched (as the accessible shower was utterly impractical without any glass surround). I then […]
Posted in British Airways, Scotland on Jul 1st, 2014
Today is a travel day; we’re flying out of Jersey on the next leg of our trip to Edinburgh, Scotland (country #94). However, our flight wasn’t until 5:25 this evening, which gave us time for a leisurely morning and a chance to explore more of St. Helier. We started with a walk into town for […]