A photo of Vernazza Italy from the Cinque Terre hiking trail.

Mainland Europe 2023

In 2023 we continued our quest to make up what we lost when the pandemic broke in 2020. Little did I know COVID would play a sizeable role in my … Read more

Galway

We were originally going to spend a couple weeks in Ireland in spring 2020 to start nine weeks in Europe, but we all know what happened to travel in the … Read more

two pints of Guinness Stout as nitro foam settles, at Guinness Storehouse rooftop bar

Dublin

Being of Irish and Scottish descent, the Irish leg of this trip had always been my priority for coming to the British Isles. We were originally going to spend a … Read more

Edinburgh & Aviemore

It was about two and a half years coming, but we finally got back a little of what COVID stole from us in 2020. This post covers six nights in Scotland, … Read more

Cambridge & York

It was about two and a half years coming, but we finally got back a little of what COVID stole from us in 2020. This post covers a day trip we … Read more