On our home exchange, we have been staying at Bricket Wood near St Albans north of London. In real estate speak, we are “close to transport links”. There is a constant hum of traffic on the nearby M1 and M25 and, even with navigational aids, we’ve been known to turns and end up in a […]
Travel
Visiting the West Country
On our home exchange in England, we took a side trip to the West Country. Our first stop was Stonehenge. Due to the muddy conditions, the path was restricted so you could not walk a full circle around the stones. The upside is that it was possible to take photos without any people in the […]
Visiting London
This is the first time that we have come to England in winter. I was prepared for the damp and the cold but my circadian rhythms are confused by the short days. Even after coming from a US winter, it is a shock to the system that the sun doesn’t come up until 8am and […]
Textiles at the Ashmolean Museum
This post comes from a damp and gray England where the Laundry King, his sister and her husband and I are spending the holidays. Our home exchange house is situated near St Albans to the north of London and makes a great base for day trips. Our first excursion was to Bletchley Park, the central […]
Discovering America: Santa Fe
On the eve of our departure from Denver for Taos and Santa Fe, the forecast was for a blizzard with accumulating snow. Sure enough, it started to snow as soon as we picked up the rental car. This scene greeted us in the morning along with reports of accidents and road closures on the high […]
Discovering America: Chicago
It’s 106 miles to Chicago. We’ve got a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it! (The Blues Brothers) For over 20 years I have been a regular visitor to Chicago O’Hare but I had never ventured beyond the airport. We were determined to change this […]