A day at the seaside in northern Wales
One of the highlights of the location of my dad’s house in England is the fact that it allows me to say that on our last full day in England, we popped over to Wales. You know, just popping to another country for a couple hours, no big deal. Popping is a bit harder from [...]
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One night in Harrogate
First things first. That sponsored guest post yesterday: sorry if you hated it, but we’re doing that for a while. I love writerly integrity, but I love money more. I do however promise to draw the line somewhere before posts about fake Rolexes and Viagra. Anyway. In blog-time I’m still in England, having just been [...]
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Exploring York
One of my pet peeves is when people who have known me for years ask about my trips to London when often, I’m happily ensconced in Cheshire, hundreds of miles from the city. Despite my recent posts, there is plenty to see on the island of Great Britain outside London. One such place: York. York is home to [...]
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Dining adventures in London
London is home to many a world-class restaurant. We did not go to any of those. This is not meant to be a guide to any London restaurants much less the best of them (although I can point you to A Lady in London if that’s what you’re after. There, I helped). We did, however, [...]
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Nerding out at the British Museum
I’m a pretty self-confident person, so I have no problem admitting that some of the things I like might be on the less cool side. For example, when I went to Greece as a college student, sure, I partied on Mykonos. But I also dragged one of my best friends around all the ruins in [...]
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A visit to the Churchill War Rooms
After a nice walk through some of London’s most famous sights, we made our way to the Churchill War Rooms. This museum comprises two separate but connected parts: the original Cabinet war rooms designed to keep the government functioning during the Blitz and a museum dedicated to Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England during [...]
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A white Christmas
Sadly it looks like we won’t have one this year. It’s been practically balmy the past couple days, with temperatures in the 50s, and the rain that poured down yesterday was nowhere near freezing into fluffy snowflakes. Christmas in Chile still feels a bit strange with it being summer, so when I get the chance [...]
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A winter walk in London
Trying to plan a couple days in London is a nightmare. There’s just so much to see and do, that narrowing down an itinerary feels impossible. Luckily, Rodolfo and I have both been to London before and are reasonably sure we’ll come again, so we manage to content ourselves with what we can see and [...]
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The Macclesfield Treacle Market
When I come to England, it’s not all London and Beatles and Harry Potter. Although to be honest, I wouldn’t mind that. But I come to visit family, so there’s plenty of downtime in my dad’s house in a small country village in Cheshire. The nearest neighbors are cows. Seriously. That said, even sleepy little [...]
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Christmas in July
The past few Christmases have been spent here in Chile. I don’t feel like I’ve been slighted – we’ve still seen my family plenty and been to the US at least once a year, and it’s just worked out that it’s made sense to stay put for December – but there’s still nothing like going [...]
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