Up to this point, we had done a serious amount of walking and a calm day was in order. Granted, the calm day was still a fair amount of walking, but at least we got to sit and eat a bit. Looking back through photos from the day, it actually…
A terrible pun – the best kind. Now, I know that Wales rarely makes the list of countries (yes, Wales is a country) you should visit, but something alluded to in the previous post is that my wife and I are big nerds. You see, at the time, we were really…
Okay, so it's important to mention here that I'm writing this post in early 2025. This trip, however, took place in the summer of 2013. A lot changed in those 12 years, especially as it relates to the Harry Potter franchise and it's creator.…
I regret not being one of those people that takes photos of every meal and posts it to Instagram. It was all the rage in 2013, and I guess I was "too cool," but honestly there was a giant plate of fish-and-chips that we got at a little…
Or the same day – it's hard to tell with jet lag. It does not matter how many times Immigration tells you to look right then left when crossing the street, there's not a chance that your sleep-deprived brain is going to hold onto that information. To…
It's an interesting challenge writing a travel blog years after the fact, but in the interest of trying to jot down what I can before I forget it all I'm going to try. Travel was certainly not something I grew up fantasizing about. In every sense…
A bit of a disclaimer: I'm writing in 2025 about a trip I took in the summer of 2012. My perspective on this trip has changed a lot in the last thirteen years. For one, I wish I had taken more pictures. To be fair, my little Samsung…
A small photo collage for an equally small trip. I'm writing this entry in 2025, so many of the details of this trip are a bit fuzzy these days, but notable highlights are lunch at the Space Needle, coffee at the world's first Starbucks, a visit…