Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
Much has been said about traveling to London. Whether it be the cool climate, or the various ways to save some money, almost everyone has seen and heard all the details about the United Kingdom’s busiest city and the biggest of it’s airports, Heathrow. Often, people are overwhelmed by the magnitude of Heathrow and lose…
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow provides the top 5 things everyone looks for in a museum; art, history, dead animals, free admission, and a fat Elvis! In fact, according to it’s own website it’s “one of the most visited museums in the U.K. outside of London.” I’ll admit, that doesn’t sound like…
“Why Loch Ness?” is a question I got from many Scots I spoke with before my trip. The answer was a resounding, “Oh that’s right, you’re American.” Of course it should have been, “monsters, duh!” The possibility of monsters is what attracted me to Loch Ness in the first place, but after hearing time and…
Here in the U.S., as in most places, we don’t usually drive sober on the left side of the road. One can argue the validity of both ways (Left v. right, not sober v. drunk. We are all pretty united on the latter), but I think this map speaks for itself. The red countries drive…
I was recently notified by the lovely Marti Ingram at Down The Wrabbit Hole that I was nominated for their Destination Memory Lane Blogging Challenge. The concept is pretty cool. Travel bloggers write about amazing, frustrating, funny, sad, helpful, kooky experiences all the time. Destination Memory Lane gives us a chance to narrow it…
Continuing my cheap U.K. theme, I wanted to talk about the one weird side trip I made while in London. I went to Brighton for a visit to the beach. Apparently I picked an inopportune time to go, because a quick google search for information yields gorgeous pictures of clear skies over a sun soaked…
If you’ve read my last post, you’re probably pretty impressed with what a travel genius I am for being able to cheaply and directly infiltrate the British people and exploit their travel opportunities. If not, you should go ahead and read that before I admit to all the stupid things I did after making the…
The hardest part of international travel on a budget is getting there. Finding cheap flights can be daunting, especially if you have a job or other obligations to work around and can’t be as flexible on dates. I was faced with this very predicament this summer when invited to London at the most expensive…
