While in Scotland, we got cheap flights down to London, and spent a few days exploring the city. The airbnb where we stayed was in a central (if somewhat sketchy at night) area of London. It allowed us to walk nearly everywhere. Here are some of the places we visited: Read more…
Shortly after arriving in Scotland, we decided to take a quick, last-minute road trip up to the Highlands. I know what you are saying, “York isn’t in the Highlands”. Well, you would be correct. Apparently, Scotland is a VERY popular place to visit in August, and there was nary a Read more…
After our amazing day hiking on the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, we woke up the next day at our beautiful Airbnb on the water outside Skye’s biggest town, Portree, to sunshine! We headed the tiny town of Elgol, down a very small and windy road on the Read more…
We spent one glorious too-short weekend on the Isle of Skye. It is famous as the place to where Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped after the failed Jacobite rebellion in 1745, thus ending the dream of returning the House of Stuart to the British throne. A very famous song sings of Read more…
After 2 1/2 months of moving every few days, we have finally arrived somewhere that we can unpack our bags! We are settling for two months in C’s parents house in a small village on the outskirts of Glasgow. We have come in like a storm of noise, mess and Read more…
The Reykjanes peninsula is located in the southwest corner of Iceland. It is probably best known for two things – Iceland’s main airport, Keflavik, and the Blue Lagoon. However, there are many more things to see on the Reykjanes peninsula. We spent our last day in Iceland visiting a few Read more…