My family was lucky enough to enjoy a cruise through the Hawaiian Islands on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of America. We stepped onto the Pride of America in Honolulu, Hawaii and were greeted by hula dancers. In the boarding area…
I began my walk to Hidcote Manor from the small town of Mickleton. The walk begins on a footpath beside the churchyard in Mickleton and continues up Kiftsgate Hill behind the church through three sheep fields. The last sheep field…
I was not in a great mood the first time I went to Richmond Park. It was a monotonously grey Saturday, and I had a boatload of tedious errands to run when all I really wanted was stay in bed.…
The walk to Batsford Park is not your typical hike along public paths through turnstiles and sheep fields. However, if you travel by bus to the location like I did, when you add in the walk up the driveway and…
The walk between Lower and Upper Slaughter in the Cotswolds sometimes referred to as ‘the slaughters’ makes for a moderately easy full day when combined with a walk from Lower or Upper Slaughter to the bucolic village of Bourton-on-the-Water. This…
Chipping Campden is an ideal base for walking in the Cotswolds. Chipping is from an olde English word meaning market or market place. Chipping Campden is known for its honey-colored limestone buildings. The limestone, known as Cotswold Stone, is quarried…
Walking the Cotswolds has been on my bucket list since long before I knew what a bucket list was. I always envisioned this trip walking through sheep fields from one quaint village to the next. Somehow the years flew by…
Hampton Court Palace is my favorite place in England thus far. It might actually be one of my favorite places in the world thus far. As an expat who was new to the UK, Hampton Court was one of the…
Recently, my boss was granted the ‘Freedom of the City of London,’ which means that he now belongs to one out of many very old sects of London’s political society. Originating from medieval practices, the title is given to people…
VaughanTown is a non-paid, volunteer program where Native English speaking participants exchange conversation for room and board in the heart of the Spanish countryside. I had the wonderful experience of participating in this volunteer abroad program in March 2013. VaughanTown…