It was our first day in Southampton and a bit chilly. I thought I'd just have a quick look around town then head to the shopping area to...

This was a day of learning things. I used a new app on my British phone to book us tickets from Newcastle to Durham. We caught the metro...

Buried in my Northumberland post is a mention of Grain and Goodness, a vegan bakery with a stand in the Tynemouth market. At the time of...

Before this trip, my only reference to Newcastle was the expression "like taking coals to Newcastle", describing a pointless action. This...

In all of our trips to the UK, we've never managed to visit Northumberland, but this time we're correcting that omission. We're staying...

One day we went Wigan to meet cousin Audrey and her husband Steve for lunch at the Juniper restaurant. We took the train there, and as I...

There's so much to see and do in Liverpool and we've visited many times. One of my favorite spots is the Albert Docks. There are...

No, we didn't strike it rich and buy a vacation home. I'm referring to the UK where we've spent so much time in the last few years. We...

A beautiful sunny day found us making the trip to Hillwood, former home of Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereal...

In the current political climate, the only things that would cause me to travel to DC would be a massive protest or a visit with friends....

I hadn't been to NY in a couple of years and most of what I did during this visit was see old friends. As I seem to have an old fashioned...

For a couple of years in a row, I made a solo trip to the east coast to visit friends in NYC & Washington, DC. One year I even made it up...

I'm not sure why this appealed to me, but I saw another panto being put on by a small theatre company and because the tickets were so...

There are some historic houses in London that seem to bee hidden out of sight and which are not well publicized at all. One of these is...

It doesn't seem a likely adventure, but today we were off to Abbey Wood to tour a closed-down sewer treatment plant. No, really. I've...

The next day I moved flats. The first flat we'd been given was very run down and had a lingering odor of curry. Now, I love curry but...

Last year when we were staying in Ashtead, I took the train to Dorking and discovered the Dorking antiques district. Since it's less than...

First thing in the morning I was out the door and off to the V&A to see the "Naomi in Fashion" which offers a look at the career of...

When I first planned this trip, the idea was to have some time in London before flying back to Seattle for Christmas, so I booked us into...

Our last day in Gloucester we visited the Gloucester History museum which is literally a two-minute walk from the flat. (image courtesy...