London is an expensive city. There’s no way around it. Everything costs more, and I’m not just talking about how you don’t get free refills on soda like you do in the States. It’s simply that everything and anything in London is more expensive; take what you’d spend on something in America, change the $ […]
Looking Ahead to 2013 Travel
Many years from now, when I think back to 2013, maybe when someone offers me a bottle of wine – although I prefer beer – I will say, “Oh yes, that was a good year.” What I already have planned for travel, and what remains up in the air for possibilities, is sure make it […]
The Ghosts of Christmas 2012
‘Twas the night before Christmas and not a creature was stirring, not one except a big ol’ blogger looking back on his year of travel. I feel blessed after such a wonderful year. From a road trip to Arizona, my first adventure of the year, to trips back home to the Midwest, and many points […]
A Quick Guide to Three Museums in London
I had the mindset to hit as many of the museums in London as I could. In the end I only had time – and sometimes not nearly enough – to hit three of the city’s best museums. And two of them could easily fight for the best museum I have ever visited, they were […]
Changing the Queen’s Guards
The Queen’s Guards stand in column formation during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
A Drive to Stonehenge from London, and Other Sites Along the Way
The drive to Stonehenge from London is short, at least by American standards. A long drive from my perspective is several hours. To get to the Salisbury Plain and Stonehenge it takes no more than a couple of hours. And after doing the trip with a friend and his son on my recent trip to […]

