Category Archives: Adventure Travel

As two Americans struggling to explore the world on 3 weeks’ holiday per annum, we moved to London in 2006 in order to boost the frequency and intensity of our international travel experiences.

Nürnberg

Posted on 27 December 2006 by k

7803 Our first stop was the city of Nürnberg (or in English Nuremburg), nestled in the German hillside with a river running through the middle of town. Despite its 500,000 population, it seems quite quaint — at least the center … Continue reading →

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London Fog Strikes!

Posted on 21 December 2006 by k

7723 We’ve been grounded by the London fog (photo at right taken from train as we were leaving the airport). We arrived at London City Airport this morning to find it swimming in thick pea soup… ick! The airport was … Continue reading →

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All It Takes is a Phone Call

Posted on 9 November 2006 by g

As you probably know, we are planning our Christmas trip to Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic at the moment. When planning European trips from the US, I relied heavily on the internet and e-mail, both because of the language … Continue reading →

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The Cotswolds

Posted on 30 October 2006 by k

7079 Imagine the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains (a place like my family’s home) with sheep and stone houses with slate roofs instead of cattle and wood farm houses. Welcome to the Cotswolds. We stayed on a farm for … Continue reading →

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Travel Ideas, Anyone?

Posted on 27 October 2006 by k

So many places to visit. So little time. The trick with travel is to plan well so that you spend enough time in each place without spending so much time that you overextend. G and I will be traveling around … Continue reading →

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The Merry Men of Windsor

Posted on 21 October 2006 by k

Windsor is a little royal town just southwest of London (about 1.5 hrs. from our flat). It’s quite surreal to be in a place that holds so much history — not to mention some of the most powerful monarchs of … Continue reading →

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Glorious Greenwich…

Posted on 7 October 2006 by k

is very green. 6628 Today, we took the Docklands Light Rail to Greenwich to see where time begins (the Greenwich Prime Meridian–where Greenwich Mean Time originates). And we also saw the Cutty Sark—an old-style sailing vessel, The Royal Naval College … Continue reading →

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