Eastern Europe In 2009, our big trip for our anniversary was to Eastern Europe. While most trips are just one post, this one needed more. Our trip was precluded by a business trip to Romania, and I figured while Teresa was there, I could join her near the end of it Read more…
London, the food, the history, the legends and folk tales, the theater and … the traffic. We had gotten in the night before and returned the car without issue. Yes, traffic was bad, but we had our route well mapped out and short of an accident or road construction/detours, we Read more…
In York, we stayed outside the city walls. While Lumley Castle was technical a hotel, it did not feel like it. We had been staying mostly at Bed and Breakfast’s and throughly enjoying it. In York though, we decided we would stay in an historic house, the Coach House Hotel. Read more…
We pulled in Lumley Castle, which is a hotel and it allegedly haunted. It was getting late. We still had time to eat in the restaurant before we retired. True to form, the staff were dressed in medieval garb. The food was good and we were told they were cooked Read more…
Craigmillar, Rosslyn, Waterloo, Hadrian We had an idea where were going next, Lumley Castle; a reportedly haunted castle and we were staying the night in it. Before then, though I was still itching to see Rosslyn Chapel (hidden Templar treasure awaited). We we also going see one of the forts Read more…
We awoke early and went down to breakfast. We had a full day ahead of us in Edinburgh. While we had spent some time wandering yesterday, it had been too late to get much time in the major things like the Edinburgh castle. We were also told that the underground Read more…
Some of our friends mentioned wanting to find a music festival and it just happens that Keswick is known for the “Keswick Jazz Festival”. It was on the way to Edinburgh. Given our schedule, we knew would only have one night there, hopefully enough time to catch an evening show Read more…
We left Bath, Stonehenge and Avebury for the sleepy little town of Beddgelert and Mount Snowdon. Daryl complained about my driving, saying that he had to keep his eyes closed so he would not see “how bad it was”. Of course, he was not willing to try (and I am not Read more…
Our first leg of this trip was to be the city of Bath, known for its ancient Roman baths, fed by hot springs. We will spend a day here to overcome any jet lag. The next day we will pick up a rental (hired) car. We had thought about using Read more…
This trip will take us around the Isle of the UK, from London to Bath, to Bath, to Keswick, then Edinburgh and Lumley Castle, then York and finally back to London. Daryl, an old friend, will be joining us.