If you’ve read through the archives, you would know that I’ve started a tradition where my husband and I blow off familial obligations and traipse somewhere other than Ohio for the Thanksgiving time-frame. I call it Thanksgiving Abroad. Last year, we went to Asia – Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia. The year before that was London. I don’t really have any… Read more »
Although I felt that we really didn’t get a chance to explore as much of Bangkok as I would have liked, I was happy to be headed to a place where I could put my toes in the sand. Phuket is not exactly the hidden island paradise of Thailand though. I originally wanted to go to Langkawi in Malaysia instead;… Read more »
The morning after Sunday’s concert, I had to get up far earlier than I wanted to. You see, I had a flight out of LaGuardia at 11am. But since it was considered an international flight (up to Canada), I was supposed to get to the airport by 9am. Ok, but I had to drop off Lance (yes, I name my… Read more »
My sleeper compartment on the night train from Prague to Budapest ended up being single occupancy, since the person that was supposed to hang out with me in Prague decided to skip out on me. The compartment was in one of the newish Comfortline sleeper cars. While it was more modern than the Polish sleeping car, it actually was more… Read more »
I’m in Budapest right now, grappling with my emotions. Wait…Let me back up a few days. In my previous post, I mentioned that I was going on a work trip, but I was going to sneak some fun into it as well. I started in London, which despite the rainy, cold weather, I still freaking love. This time I stayed… Read more »
I’m back in Austin. Actually, I got home late Monday night but as soon as I got up on Tuesday morning, I’ve been running with work, a follow-up visit with the doctor, and a suddenly active social life… Since I like to relive my travels, y’all are going to have to listen to me recount my week in London before… Read more »
Thursday morning, I woke up earlier than I needed to and probably still under the influence of a boatload of rosado. I repacked as quickly as I could, grabbed a shower and woke up the hubby. Previously, there had been some issues getting through security at the Barcelona Airport because there were work slowdowns by the security forces in the… Read more »
Well, I’m back from my trip to Spain, or should I call it Catalunya since most of my trip was within the region that has been a bit restless under Madrid’s control. I’m not well-versed enough to even dive into that discussion, so don’t even ask what I think about it because really – I don’t even know enough to… Read more »
I caught the hour-long bus from Glasgow to the Edinburgh Airport. The check-in desk was packed at that early morning hour. Unfortunately, I had to check my bag for my flight to Amsterdam due to the acquisition of a few too many scarves and a bottle of Scottish whisky. Despite getting to the airport an hour and a half early,… Read more »