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Do you remember that disagreement Jason and I were having about where to go on a trip during Christmas break this year? After much argument (yay holiday travel and trying to make everyone happy), too many ideas, and finally realizing we had one more week of university break to work with than we originally thought, …
Whew it’s been a minute – life has been hectic around here since we returned from the UK. I’ve been dreaming about Wales…I better fill you in. To Wales Rental car secured we navigated the insanity that is the London airport and headed for the hills – literally. We had planned a stop at Windsor …
An uncharacteristic mid-semester and unexpected historic journey took us to London and Wales in September for a Strategy Conference during the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. We had been planning to attend the conference since April, as Jason was presenting a paper. I planned to tag along to help do some research and …
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Jason and I recently spent 3 weeks in July living in Madrid, Spain while Jason taught for Auburn University’s Global Programs in Europe. His students had first been in Rome for 6 weeks taking classes and then had a week off to travel during the 4th of July Holiday. On week 8 they landed in …
If you’ve been following along on our Instagram page, you’ve seen that we have been highlighting parts of our National Park hopping trip we took summer of 2020. Since my travel journal from that trip is buried somewhere back in Missouri and we are currently in Spain, I’m going to do my best to take …
And so, we saved one of our favorite places in the world for last on this journey. Welcome to Ardanaiseig Hotel on the banks of Loch Awe. We have stayed in this area every time we’ve been to Scotland and can honestly say we look forward to the calm, the wandering, the amazing food, and …
Last we left you, we were on a smaller ferry, scraping the bottom of the hull along the shallow channel from the Isle of Harris to the Isle of North Uist. We made it! We drove off the boat in search of our next stop – Langass Lodge. Langass Lodge was a bit of a …
Welcome to the Isles of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Yes, they look like just one island but the landscape here is insanely varied from North to South, East to West and yes, even just around the corner. We opted for three days in this magical land and ended up looking …
Only have one full day on the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye and are more the outdoor type? These are our recommendations: Edinburgh to Skye – Get the Car On our most recent trip to Scotland we started with a bit of a wild itinerary. The plan was to fly into Edinburgh and drive to Skye …
