My Travels Around The World
December 2017
Day 2, Dec 24: Pasadena & Glendale
This was Sunday, for those of us (namely me) having trouble keeping track of what day it is. We had breakfast in the hotel and [...]
Day 1, Dec 23: Huntington Library
Day 1 of vacation. I'm so happy to be off I can't seem to remember what day it is. I kept thinking it was Friday; [...]
Catch-up & Departure
For some reason I am always a little ambivalent about blogging for these more local trips. I think maybe it's because they're shorter, and/or I [...]
July 2017
Day 13, Jul 8: NYC, Part 2 – Brooklyn; + Final Thoughts
We packed it in until the end. We had a 10am Walking Tour scheduled - with the same guy who did the one Friday we [...]
Day 12, Jul 7: NYC, Part 1 – Lower Manhattan
We had come to NYC in 2014 after returning from 2 weeks in Europe, mostly as part of a strategy for managing jetlag and layovers. [...]
Day 11, Jul 6: Abingdon & Windsor
No Oxford Part 2 we decided. Dan was over it by the time we woke up. We thought about all the options of returning and [...]
Day 10, Jul 5: Goodrich Castle, Oxford Part 1
Turned out to be a frustrating travel day. I suppose you have to have them sometime. If so, it's nice to have them in great [...]
Day 9, Jul 4: Cardiff, Wales
We both slept about 8 hours, waking up at 7am, definitely sleeping in for us. We went down for breakfast and figured out how to [...]
Day 8, Jul 3: Bath & Bristol
Dan was asleep early last night, like 8:30, and was up by 4am and stayed up. I went to bed about 10:30 and slept through [...]
Day 7, Jul 2: Stonehenge, Salisbury, Old Wardour Castle
I got up about 4am after 5 hours of pretty good sleep. I wrote Saturday's blog and Dan was up right as I posted it. [...]
Day 6, Jul 1: Dover, Walmer & Deal Castles
We were both incredibly tired last night - probably from the 26 hour day since we picked up 2 extra hours between Istanbul and England, [...]
June 2017
Day 5, Jun 30: Canterbury, England
We got up at 5:30, had a quick breakfast downstairs then took the taxi to the airport. We go there at 6:50 for an 8:50 [...]
Day 4, Jun 29: 4th & Final for Istanbul
We both got decent sleep, had breakfast in the hotel and went out for our last day in Istanbul just before 9am. It was a [...]
Day 3, Jun 28: Istanbul, Part 3
Thankfully, I slept about 7 hours last night with only a couple of interruptions. Dan slept well, too, so we were glad to be ready [...]
Day 2, Jun 27: Istanbul, Part 2
Dan made up for his bad first night last night and slept easily until 6am, about 7 hours. He says he would have slept longer [...]
Day 1, Jun 26: Istanbul, Part 1
I managed to sleep about 6.5 hours and got up about 5:45. Dan only slept about 4 hours and had been up since 3am. Breakfast [...]
Departure: Sacramento/Raleigh to Istanbul
As I type it's coming up on 10am ET Saturday morning. I'm in the British Airways lounge of Terminal 7 at JFK. I took a [...]
Pre-Departure
As I mentioned in our recent Chicago blog, that was the beginning of a bunch of travel for us, especially if you're Dan. That was [...]
May 2017
Monday, May 29: Chicago – Day 3 and home
I'm writing this Tuesday morning, May 30. I took today off as well and I'm so glad I did. Today I get to do what [...]
Sunday, May 28: Chicago – Day 2
I didn't go to bed until after 1am last night, which is late for me by any standard, since I'm generally in bed by 9:30pm [...]
Saturday, May 27: Chicago – Day 1
I don't remember what time I went to bed last night; 11pm probably. Dan was already asleep. We were up a little after 5am. Breakfast [...]
Friday, May 26: Catch-up and Travel Day
I'd started writing this thinking I would do a little synopsis of the year since our last blog, in LA for New Year's weekend. I [...]
January 2017
Day 2: Saturday, December 31 – The Getty
Happy New Year everyone! It's New Year's Day, about 6am as I start this. Dan had a 9pm flight to Raleigh last night; I was [...]
December 2016
Day 1: Friday, December 30
Our lives are definitely about travel these days. After a great stay in Philadelphia for Thanksgiving, we each went home for a very full month [...]
November 2016
Day 3: Saturday, 11/26 – Still More Philadelphia
I am writing this Sunday evening from home in Sacramento. We had a great day in Philadelphia yesterday and just decided to enjoy the evening [...]
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