by leandra | Aug 15, 2018 | International Travel, Travel
For summer 2018 a trip to the UK for work materialized, meaning a return to London and the Berkshire county area last visited in January. Since Leandra could travel with me we decided to tack on a weekend in Europe – but where? From London there are hundreds of...
by leandra | Aug 13, 2018 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Sunday After an easy check-in to the hotel, we walked 15 minutes into town for a cider at The Ship Inn. We ordered at the bar and sat outside in the shade as the air temp was gorgeous. The beer garden was full of friends meeting for pints and definitely seemed like a...
by leandra | Aug 11, 2018 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Friday After my missed connection adventure it was nice to go out for some comfort food, so a trip back to Vicino for dinner was in order. We split the Sicilian Rosato special (a mix of sangiovese and indigenous grapes), Eric got the truffle pasta with mushrooms and I...
by leandra | Aug 10, 2018 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Eric surprised me before the trip by finding tickets to the Harry Potter show, parts 1 + 2 for Saturday! Part one runs from 2pm to 5pm and Part two runs from 7:30pm to 10:15pm so we made reservations for lunch and dinner to make sure we could eat in a timely manner....
by leandra | Aug 6, 2018 | International Travel, Travel
The original plan to get to the UK for this trip was for both of us to fly IcelandAir through Reykjavik, Iceland onto London. However. Right after Eric bought my ticket, the price for the same flight tripled. So, he booked himself on the direct flight from JFK to...