We went straight from the reception to the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown for a one-night honeymoon stay. The hotel had just opened the year before and it was our first time at a Four Seasons. We had considered other places, particularly the Red Fox Inn in Middleburg (we’ve still never been to the Red …
“Spring Break” trip to Aruba with Barb and Allie. Barb always likes to have a winter/spring break in the sun but we’ve had a hard time finding a favorite place (other than Hawaii) that we all like. Over the years we’ve tried a number of spots in the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Aruba, Florida, and going …
Just read an interesting article from The Telegraph called “The rise of slow travel: 20 adventures to take at a leisurely pace“. It gives some nice background on the rise of the “slow movement” in food and lots of other areas, citing the work of Carlo Petrini (founder of Slow Food International) and Carl Honore (author …
Trip to London for 2018 New Year’s with Barb and Allie, staying with Ada. Sunday, Dec. 31 The plan for this New Year’s Eve Day is to mostly take it easy, heading down to Fortnum & Mason for some (now) traditional New Year’s shopping and tea, then back to Ada’s to prepare a nice dinner. …
Trip to London for 2018 New Year’s with Barb and Allie, staying with Ada. Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 For the third year in a row, we ventured to London for a New Year’s break with Ada. Allie arrived home from Boston on Friday evening, Dec. 22, and we had a nice quiet Christmas together. On …
Trip to Boston with Barb to celebrate both girls’ birthdays, for Barb to see Allie’s place, and generally commune with our newly working daughter. Then Bill went on to Nova Scotia for week including music of the Celtic Colours festival. Previous Day | Trip Home Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 Today’s plan was to drive to Baddeck …
Trip to Boston with Barb to celebrate both girls’ birthdays, for Barb to see Allie’s place, and generally commune with our newly working daughter. Then Bill went on to Nova Scotia for week including music of the Celtic Colours festival. Previous Day | Next Day | Trip Home Sunday, October 8 Picked up my Alamo rental …
Trip to Boston with Barb to celebrate both girls’ birthdays, for Barb to see Allie’s place, and generally commune with our newly working daughter. Then Bill went on to Nova Scotia for week including music of the Celtic Colours festival. Next Day | Trip Home Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 Barb and I drove to BWI, …
For my last day in Segovia, we started with a little shopping. Laurie and I walked through the touristy Old Town area looking for some local thank you gifts for Laurie, Maggie and Juan, and some things to take home. We came across a Segovia-based store (modern, black and white store with wine in rear) …
We got ourselves up reasonably early for the drive back to Segovia. Laurie had heard of a place along the way called Las Medulas, a former Roman gold mine with very interesting rock formations, so that became our midpoint destination. It took nearly four hours to get there, and we were ready for a stop …
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