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UK Summer Trip 2026: Wimbledon
2026 Wimbledon was fairly similar to my 2025 experience, since we spent most of our time watching the matches on Centre Court. This year, my dad and I arrived around 10:15am and were through security and ticket checks in about 10 minutes. First a quick selfie to prove...
UK Summer Trip 2026: overview + where we stayed
In 2025, we finally realized our goal of seeing Wimbledon in person. My dad loves tennis, so for 2026, Leandra set up an account for my parents and watched the secondary market for tickets. After weeks of checking, she managed to snag a pair of Centre Court tickets...
Eric’s 50th: Santiago de Compostela sites
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is the center of town and the focus of hundreds of pilgrims each day. Since we stayed so close by, we visited the massive plaza in front of the cathedral multiple times throughout our stay. Each time we saw different groups of...
Eric’s 50th: Santiago de Compostela food and drink
After dropping our bags at our apartment, our next stop was for helado from Boco de Xeado. Eric got a scoop each of coconut and intense chocolate, while I opted for a (solo!) pistachio cone. All flavors were excellent and as the line ebbs and flows throughout the day,...
Eric’s 50th: O Grove and the Rías Baixas wine region
O Grove Peninsula On our one full weekend day in the area we drove to the O Grove peninsula, checking out some coastal villages along the way. The first stop was Combarro, a town about 20 minutes from Pontevedra known for its hórreos (granary towers) along the water....
Eric’s 50th: Pontevedra sites
On the drive from Santiago de Compostela to Pontevedra, we took the non-toll scenic route south. Halfway we stopped for Fervenza de Segade, a waterfall, where I stayed with the car while Eric hiked in. One of the reasons Eric marked Pontevedra as a "want to see" on...
Eric’s 50th: Pontevedra food and drink
Due to a work conflict, we had to cancel our Bib Gourmand lunch reservation in A Coruña, so I was looking forward to trying our luck in Pontevedra with Trasmallo. We sat upstairs with a few other tables and service was generally nice. However, can we stop with the QR...
Eric’s 50th: A Coruña, molecular gastronomy cooking class
If you’ve been around this blog for a while then you know that I love to take cooking classes in foreign countries. I made good on this in A Coruña with a molecular gastronomy course! This workshop at Pencil & Fork was less about preparing a specific type of...
Our Itinerary
2026 Trips
Parrish, FL (Jan)
Medellin, Colombia (Feb)
Wilmington, NC (Apr)
Madrid, Spain (May)
Asturias, Spain (May)
Galicia, Spain (June)
London/Cotswolds, UK (July)
Long Island, NY (July)
Ireland (Aug)
Vietnam (Nov)
Laos (Nov)
Cambodia (Dec)
Singapore (Dec)
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Doha, Qatar (May)
Bristol + London, UK (Jul)
Long Island, NY (Jul)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
day trips from Bologna (Oct)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
Greensboro, NC (Nov)
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Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)
Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).
We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)