Bright and early our second day in India, we awoke at the beautiful Oberoi Amarvilas before dawn in order to make it to the Taj Mahal for sunrise. Luckily, the storm from the night before had subsided a bit and though the streets were wet, no rain fell during our… Read more
Our first full day in India, after arriving the night before around 10pm, started with an incredible breakfast at our hotel, the Trident Guragaon, and a walk around the grounds to take in the beautiful hotel. Around 10am, we checked out and met our driver (we had hired him ahead… Read more
I wrote this post laying poolside at our gorgeous hotel in Udaipur, India, looking out over the incredible landscape in front of me, Lake Pichola glimmering and the mountains in the distance seeming to fade in and out of the blue sky horizon, completely in the moment, taking it all… Read more
We’re back from our incredible trip through Asia and I’m jumping right in with posts from our trip! I can’t wait to share all the amazing things we saw and did in the weeks to come, but today I wanted to start with some of the incredible moments we had,… Read more
I’m in Hawaii currently for work and catching up with my parents here for the few days I’m here, but while I’m away I got to thinking about some of the “off the beaten path” places we’ve experienced, those places that aren’t as advertised as say, Paris and London. Many… Read more
There is so much to see and do in Edinburgh that we split our first visit into two days. The first we drove to St. Andrews and then spent the evening exploring Edinburgh for the first time. Our second day we wandered down the Royal mile, stopping at Cafe Nero… Read more
On the fifth day of our trip, we rented a car in Edinburgh and drove up to St. Andrews, then spent the evening in Edinburgh, of which I noted in the Ode to Scotland post back in December, we fell hard for both Scottish cities and the country in… Read more
This year we were very fortunate to do a lot of traveling, both near and far, including 3 trips to Europe and many trips to Hawaii for work. But we also managed to squeeze in places close to us, many up and down the West Coast, seeing new places and… Read more
We spent the fifth day of our trip through the UK & Ireland with an early start to head around Belfast a bit, then venture back up to the Northern Coast, heading ultimately to the Giant’s Causeway. We started the day with a drive over to the Titanic Museum in… Read more
On the 4th day of our recent trip through the UK & Ireland, we headed off to Dublin Connolly Train Station for a morning train up to Belfast. We learned in the cab ride to the train station that Belfast had had a bomb scare the previous day (which made… Read more
We had just 2 days in Dublin which for us, though I loved the city and would love to explore more on another trip, is easy to hit the major attractions in that time. We got to explore more of the lovely city of Dublin on our second day there… Read more
After a quick stop in London, we headed North to Dublin for our first dose of Ireland and I’m pretty sure everyone is aware that I fell hard for Ireland, specifically exploring Grafton Street in Dublin. Oh Dublin, you are precious. The energy pouring out of Dublin is amazing and it… Read more
I mentioned on my favorite moments post a few days ago that I grew up very Irish. Long story short, my maternal grandmother’s father was straight from Ireland and upon his deathbed, the family found out that he had in fact had another family back in Ireland that no one… Read more
While this was not our first trip to London (in fact I’m quickly losing count as we go through London often), we spent our first day upon arrival wandering the city and taking in some of our favorite spots. Each trip to London we try to hit a couple places… Read more
Today I’m starting in on my travel review posts which, in the coming weeks, will dive deep into our adventures through London, Ireland and Scotland. We had a magical trip and fell in love with each place we saw, spurred on by the magical Christmas decorations up all over Europe… Read more