Day 3: Museum of Scotland / Greyfriars Kirk
NOTE: It may seem as if I’ve given up on posting about our now not so recent trip to Scotland and Wales, …
Edinburgh Castle: Day 2
Sorry about the shaky camera work above, but I wanted to show what an impression the Great Hall left on me. Edinburgh Castle lies …
Dining in the UK
I was first going to write this post as a sweeping generalization of dining in the UK, but I thought better of …
Saved offline Google maps
These instructions only pertain to saving maps from the Google Maps app on your mobile device. Although you can create and save maps …
Driving in the UK
Fortunately I never had to drive during our UK trip. My friend Lee and my husband Jim were the registered drivers for our …
Denver to Edinburgh via Iceland / Day 1
As mentioned previously, to save money, I, my husband Jim, my friend Lee and her brother Jim would fly to Scotland via …
To Scotland via Icelandair
Apart from Lee’s brother Jim who is enjoying the benefits of his retirement from the U.S. Forest Service, we’re none of us rich …
Scotland, England and Wales trip 2015
By Jennifer Petkus These posts are the chronicles of the trip I, my husband Jim, my best friend Lee and her brother …
England itinerary — Aug. 31 to Sept. 12, 2011
My husband Jim and I took our first trip to England in October 2001, with airport security still high after 9/11 and …
Four Yanks in a Boat: From Bath to Devizes and back
The Kennet and Avon Canal is over two hundred years old, which might make it seem an unlikely choice for a 21st-century …