We arrived at Queen Street Station hungrier than we expected, and made the poor choice to eat at the restaurant attached to train station (our hotel also being attached to the train station). The restaurant was a massive, empty hall, and it was only us and one other, large party.…
In the continuing theme of "wow, the UK is a lot bigger than we expected," we booked a "short" train ride from London to Edinburgh, with the intention of spending the full day there before heading to our last stop, Glasgow. In hindsight, the three hour…
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…