The Road to Montara
On May 5, 2014, we closed on a lot in Montara, CA, where we will build a property that will serve as investment income and [...]
Final Days: Home via NYC
We left London early Saturday morning on May 24. And I mean early: out of the flat by 5:30am. We took a bus then the [...]
Day 16: London, Part 4: Wimbledon; Kensington Palace
The last couple of mornings I used my morning time over coffee before Dan gets up to finish the blog. And that was true this [...]
Day 15: London, Part 3: Classic London 2.0
I was telling Dan this morning that this past Tuesday might be my favorite day of the trip: classic London sites like Westminster Abbey, Parliament/Big [...]
Day 14: London, Part 2: Hampton Court Palace & Gardens
Same morning routine: simple breakfast in, get ready to go. This morning we also stopped by Sainsbury's, a UK grocery chain which we used in [...]
Day 13: London, Part 1: City of Westminster
Ya didn't know it was a city, did ya? It isn't - despite what all the street signs say - that's apparently just how London [...]
Day 12: Edinburgh to London
I woke up and saw how bright it was outside and was sure I had overslept, but didn't remember the alarm going off. But no, [...]
Day 11: UK Countryside, Alnwick Castle
I was up by 6am this morning and did the writing part of the blog from yesterday. I was unusually tired last night so just [...]
Day 10: Old Town Edinburgh
I got up about 7am, got the 2nd load of laundry in the wash and figured out what we would do today. Dan was up [...]
Day 9: Paris to Edinburgh
We woke up before 6am naturally; the alarm was set for 7 just in case. We were ready to go. We get like that. When [...]
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