Thanks so much for your patience as over the past month I've shared our trip to Paris, the UK, and my time in York, England where I got to see the home where my great-great grandparents lived at the time they emigrated to America. Today, is the final installment of our trip—our time in Ireland and Scotland. After our tumultuous ferry crossing, we drove through the lush, green countryside to the … [Read more...]
Greetings from the Netherlands
This week, I'm writing from Holland. Yep, I'm on another continent. There is sometihing about traveling that feeds my soul and this trip is reminding me of that in all the best ways. I just don't get to see cathedrals like this walking around my town in the middle of cornfields in Indiana. Much as I'd like to imagine it, it's not the case. I also don't see markers like this reminding … [Read more...]
We’ll always have Paris
Last Tuesday was such a fun day! Deb (Raney) my dear friend and writing critique partner for some 20+ years now and I met at a midway point for a visit—and that place happened to be Paris, TN! We started our visit at Sweet Jordan's, a wonderful restaurant that happens to serve some of the best bread pudding we've ever had! Sweet Jordan's is an extraordinary, not-to-be-missed … [Read more...]
Scotland Trip Recap: Week 2
Our second week in Scotland was spent mainly in Edinburgh, in an adorable flat in a fabulous central location, right in the heart of Old Town. Of course that meant we had to walk up steep stairs to get to the places we wanted to go! (Between all the uphill walking and the old streets and sidewalks, I was so thankful that I choose to wear my hiking shoes every day! Much more stable for this old … [Read more...]
Off to Scotland!
Tomorrow night we board a plane for London. Friday afternoon in Heathrow Airport, we catch a flight to Edinburgh. We’ve long wanted to do a Scotland trip, but especially after learning several years ago that Jeff’s family did, indeed, come from Scotland many, many yeas ago. But we had kids to get through college and Jeff had a job where it was hard to take any time off, let alone enough … [Read more...]
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