New York in the spring time
I just bought my self a ticket to see the Yankees play the Red Sox on April 16th in Yankee Stadium! I feel like a 10 year old kid with a crush on baseball. After this I will have been to see games (outside of Seattle that is) at Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium. Fenway is next. Photo courtesy of flickr member...
Read MoreDay 4, The sun is shining on the western shore
Tuesday, March 20th 2007 Last night we decided to revamp our trip strategy to avoid the rough weather, at least for the short term. Rather than heading back North on the morning of the 20th, we made the decision to set out west from Pitlochry with the intention of over-nighting in the costal town of Oban. After checking the weather to confirm that, despite the warming weather, the road north was still blocked, we set out for the day. Our route would take us on some smaller highways and...
Read MoreDay 3, Winter in the mountains
Monday, March 19th 2007 After an outstanding gourmet breakfast at our Edinburgh guesthouse, we left the city behind us in the morning and headed north on the A9 freeway. The last remaining bits of uncertainty about driving on the wrong side of the road where fading as we crossed the Forth Road toll bridge. Immediately we started to feel a change in the landscape around us. Rolling hillside pastures rose on the horizon where just a few minutes ago had been city buildings and streets. It was...
Read MoreDay 2, Travel to Edinburgh
Sunday, March 18th 2007 After night filled with jet-lag induced broken sleep patterns and anxiety about getting to Gatwick airport in time the next morning for our Easyjet flight to Edinburgh, we were up and on our way out of the hotel. The morning was bright and crisp and London seemed much more appealing in the fresh morning air. Even so, we were eager to get to the plane and head north to Scotland. A friendly cab driver who the hotel summoned for us offered to drive us all the way to...
Read MoreDay 1 (and a half), Travel to London
We stayed up most of the night before leaving for the airport on Friday morning in an attempt to get ourselves adjusted to GMT before even leaving Seattle. It’s unclear if it helped the cause, made things worse, or somewhere in between. What is clear is that our trip started off on a negative note. After arriving at the airport nearly three hours before our domestic flight to San Francisco, we encountered our first setback while trying to check in. It seems that when I bought the tickets...
Read MoreHome from Scotland
After an unfortunate overnight delay in Chicago on the way home from London, we are home and rested after the trip. Scotland was amazing. We enjoyed every minute of our journey around countryside and all of the experiences we had. In the coming days I will be making individual posts creating an ‘ex post facto’ daily travel journal. Meanwhile, photos are here: http://flickr.com/photos/fall-line/sets/72157600032138777/ Most of these photos have been placed on a map as...
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