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I saw the Queen today.
This is a day to remember, for sure. I will tell my grandchildren about it and they will say, “Granny, we’ve heard this a million times before.” Doesn’t matter. Have I told you this has historically...
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London List
This whole time I had planned to share a pretty song for you to listen to along with each of these blog posts. I had scheduled some of them for later in the trip and never got around to doing the rest....
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Edinburgh
This is one of the few posts with a song I scheduled ahead of time. It’s pretty. The next one you have to look forward to is on the last day. It’s Ellie Goulding. Get excited. Edinburgh is beautiful....
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The End
– Had a rainy wander through the Highlands. When I come back I want to explore that area more. – Of course the one day it rains on me in Scotland is the one day it would have been great to have a...
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New episode
We recorded a new episode yesterday and it’s available for your listening pleasure. Topics include my trip, Jolene’s upcoming trip to Poland, packing carry-on only, and how I would be okay if there...
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Here Goes…❤️
On our most recent podcast, Jolene and I talked about the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. We were talking about travel and our experiences and how we both identified with a few of the definitions....
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The Trip, Part 1: Arriving in London
Yeah, you’re probably going to get music with these. Why not? It sets the scene. I’d just finished watching Her when we began the descent into London. It was magical. There wasn’t any time to think...
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The Trip, Part 2: The Queen, Tate Britain, and the V&A
My first morning in London I woke up very early. There were birds chirping because it was already light outside. I grabbed my phone and scrolled through Twitter to see what people back home were doing...
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The Trip, Part 3: Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, British Library, and St. Paul’s
Sunday morning, after I lingered in bed a little while, I had breakfast and walked down to the bus stop to catch a bus going in the opposite direction of the one I’d gone the day before. I had no real...
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The Trip, Part 4: Trains, Birmingham, and Edinburgh
Train to Birmingham I rushed around that morning to make it to Victoria Station to catch the tube to Euston, where I was going on my first train ride. I don’t know if it was nerves or what, but both...
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