London Day 1
I spent my first morning in London doing a Changing of the Guard tour. And I spent the afternoon at the National Gallery. Here’s a bit of detail about the day.
I made it to London!
Yes, I made it to London. Not everything on the journey went as smoothly as it might have, but I’m here.
My ten most memorable travel experiences
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my most memorable travel experiences. Sometimes it4. comes down to moments that just made me weak in the knees. Sometimes it’s a monument or edifice or place that wowed me. Other times it’s … Continued
An obsolete bucket list
I have a page and a category of posts on this website called “Imagined Adventures.” On the page is a list of destinations I am dreaming about: my bucket list. I last updated my bucket list three years ago. And … Continued
Two trips in one: London and Norway
Yes, I know, I just got home. And now I’m getting ready to travel again, this time to London and Norway. I’ll be staying a week in London and then taking a Hurtigruten cruise up and down the west coast … Continued
The Three-Month Journey: A Retrospective
I’m recently back from a three-month journey. (Actually 89 days.) This was by far the longest trip I’ve ever taken. Friends and family have asked me how it was to be gone for so long. Was I tired of being … Continued
Madrid: art and more art
I’m home now. I guess I will do a retrospective post on my entire three-month journey, but first I should share a little about my five nights in Madrid.
Granada: The culmination of a three-month journey
I’m currently on .a train from Granada to Madrid. I wasn’t supposed to be on a train. I was supposed to be on a plane, and if I were, I’d have arrived by now. But I’m on a train. (I’ll … Continued
Wholly Toledo
I spent three nights in Toledo at the tail end of the third and final OAT tour of this three-month excursion in Iberia and Morocco. All that’s left are Granada (where I am now as I write this) and Madrid. … Continued
Úbeda: Olives and a Synagogue
Úbeda is not a place that was ever on my radar when I was planning my trip to Spain. If I weren’t on this tour with OAT, I never would have gone to Úbeda. It turns out that it was a … Continued