Europe – Day 5 – January 29th, 2018: London, England


Cheers from our next stop...London! We flew into London and arrived around noon or so. Not as early as we wanted and the plane boarding and leaving late was unacceptable. We flew easyJet and they were pretty disorganized. Flight attendants were nice but the gate people just were not Fortunately, this was our last flight … Continue reading Europe – Day 5 – January 29th, 2018: London, England

Europe – Day 4 – January 28th, 2018: Edinburgh, Scotland


We got some really good sleep last night (8 hours!) in Dublin. We both missed out on a couple of things we wanted to see but we had to have some downtime to get over walking an average of six miles a day on hard pavement. The exercise is great but pavement is not a … Continue reading Europe – Day 4 – January 28th, 2018: Edinburgh, Scotland

Europe – Day 2 – January 26th, 2018: Amsterdam, The Netherlands


As you can see, Amsterdam is quite a forward-thinking progressive place. It's a young, vibrant, accepting and awesome place. It's got a laid-back energy and relaxing vibe that is quite pleasant. After a good night of sleep it's off to explore some more. Between our schedule and the time changes it caught up with us … Continue reading Europe – Day 2 – January 26th, 2018: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

January 21st, 2018 – Making a List… Checking it twice…


We're not talking Santa here. We're talking about Europe! It's been a long wait since buying those tickets two and a half months ago. Many sleepless nights, spending a few dollars buying some travel items, weighing the backpack repeatedly, whittling down the contents of it and cutting what we can get by without. But now our … Continue reading January 21st, 2018 – Making a List… Checking it twice…

Happy 2018!


Happy New Year! I'm posting this from the safety and confines of my humble apartment, choosing to stay off the highways on Amateur Night and avoid trouble that may try to find me. Just a few blocks down the street from me there is a fireworks stand. An OPEN fireworks stand, that is. I guess … Continue reading Happy 2018!