Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Ecuador on Nov 20th, 2017
After our breakfast this morning, we headed out on our tour of Colonial Quito with our guide, Andres. Unlike yesterday, the day was cloudier with some sporadic light rain showers — not a problem at all. We drove in some very heavy traffic the few kilometers from our hotel in La Colon to the Old […]
Posted in Ecuador on Nov 20th, 2017
Despite the late hour of our arrival, we were all awake before 8am. The morning brought with it out first good view of the city from our hotel room: We had breakfast in the executive lounge, which I **think** is complimentary for me given my Marriott status (if not, I’ll be paying $30 or maybe […]
Like last year’s Thanksgiving cruise (which I didn’t write about), I was returning from a trip to Washington D.C. on the day before we departed for vacation. I hardly ever enjoy the immediate run-up to a vacation, and I found last minute preparations for this trip to be worse given that we’d be independently traveling […]
Goodbye, London! We flew home from Heathrow on a pleasant and uneventful nine hour flight. The short Alanta-Tampa leg was a bit of a goat rodeo as we somehow managed to get screwed out of our Economy Comfort seats and then lost one of our suitcases at baggage claim in Tampa. Thankfully, it was mistakenly […]
Posted in London on Jun 25th, 2017
Per my discussion of yesterday about picking what to do while in London, we knew that we wanted to head out of central London today, but we couldn’t easily decide whether to go to Hampton Court Palace or Windsor Castle. Everyone but Emerson has been to both at least once, though not in many years. […]