RIP
Jan 31 2007 (originally updated)
I’m very sad to announce that Jackie has passed away. Jackie has been my travel companion for 7 long years, ever since that fateful night we met in downtown Seattle during a rainstorm. Jackie has faithfully had my back through many a travels and it’s hard to imagine taking my next [...]
Without a Plan
Nov 01 2006 (originally posted)
After a few days in Glasgow we had the opportunity to take a field trip for the day (opportunity meaning we didn’t have a hotel reservation in Glasgow for the night and didn’t feel like sleeping in the streets). After confirming with the trains schedules and guide books we decided on [...]
Spin the Wheel
Oct 24 2006 (originally updated)
One of the best parts of being in Edinburgh during the holiday season is the Kris Kringle Mart being held along Princes Street Garden at the footsteps of Edinburgh castle (I have no idea why the folks of Edinburgh were having a Germany christmas market…but they had hot mead…who the hell [...]
Edinburgh Castle
Oct 23 2006 (originally posted)
After we arrived in Glasgow we had a free day to travel about. After a long night of drinking liberally poured shots of whisky with our new Scottish friends (who I couldn’t understand a word of) we groggily consulted the train schedules and decided that a trip to Edinburgh was in [...]
View for Miles
Oct 22 2006 (originally posted)
ring ring….ring ring…
“Hey Baxter”
“The Pogues are playing in Europe”
“Europe? Really…that would be cool…we should go”
“To Europe?”
“Yeah, why the hell not”
Little did I know that innocent phone call in the summer of 2004 would lead to so much. Two weeks in Scotland, spending some fabulous times with Baxter and his extended family [...]
