Like last year’s Thanksgiving cruise (which I didn’t write about), I was returning from a trip to Washington D.C. on the day before we departed for vacation. I hardly ever enjoy the immediate run-up to a vacation, and I found last minute preparations for this trip to be worse given that we’d be independently traveling […]
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Day #1 & 2: To Copenhagen
Posted in Delta Airlines, Europe on Jun 10th, 2017
We’re back in Europe for the first time in two years! That’s a crazy long break for us, but we opted to finish the 50 states last year with our visit to Hawaii and our epic road trip through the Mountain West and Great Plains. Honestly, we enjoyed that so much I can’t say that […]
Day #1: To Hawaii
Posted in Delta Airlines, Hawaii on Mar 12th, 2016
Having completed our country and continent goals, we’re turning our attention to finishing up all 50 US States this year. Thus, we found ourselves on an early morning Delta departure for Honolulu via Los Angeles today. Unfortunately, our connection time in LA got compressed due to schedule changes, giving us only 35 minutes between flights […]
Day #14: Edinburg & Dublin, Ireland
Posted in Aer Lingus, Ireland, Scotland on Jul 5th, 2014
We spent the morning playing with Emerson, repacking the suitcases (they’d gotten a bit out of order), storing our luggage, and checking out of The Glasshouse. It was approaching the lunch hour as we’d left. As such, we trekked back into Old Town to visit Oink, a cheap takeaway joint serving pulled pork sandwiches. En […]
Day #11: Jersey & Edinburgh, Scotland
Posted in British Airways, Scotland on Jul 1st, 2014
Today is a travel day; we’re flying out of Jersey on the next leg of our trip to Edinburgh, Scotland (country #94). However, our flight wasn’t until 5:25 this evening, which gave us time for a leisurely morning and a chance to explore more of St. Helier. We started with a walk into town for […]