With a castle that sits atop a dormant volcano, countless historic places and spaces, Gothic cathedrals, amazing architecture, modern museums and galleries, and ghostly underground vaults, Edinburgh has a lot to offer! The Royal Mile The Royal Mile, which runs…
Photo essay on the surprising variety of delicious food we found in Scotland!
A dream come true: a trip through the Scottish Highlands, land of several of my ancestors, on both sides of the family. The journey began from Toward, on the Cowal Peninsula. The area is peaceful and windswept, with beautiful views…
Welcome to Glasgow Maybe it’s the city’s edgy, somewhat radical reputation, maybe it’s the friendly people we met, the history, or maybe all the free museums, but Glasgow was a very welcoming first stop in Scotland was Glasgow. While Edinburgh has a flashier…
“Hello, cousin. It’s lovely to meet you.” The goal of this last leg of our journey is to get an introduction to the UK, connecting with family and friends along the way. A few years ago, I embarked on a…
After 10 months in Asia we’ve come nearly full circle and landed in the UK. With just one night allotted for London initially, we wanted to make the most of it. So… $cha-ching$ we cashed in a bunch of Marriott…
Twenty miles or so out of Bikaner, in a small, dusty village on the edge of the Thar Desert, we met our two camels. A third was hitched up to a cart pulling some provisions for our journey. Each camel…
Desert Outpost Bikaner Firmly planted in western Rajasthan Bikaner has a distinctly different feel from the other Rajasthani cities we’ve visited thus far. It’s a big city, but one that seems more like a desert outpost than a modern urban…
Jodhpur has long been known as the “Blue City,” and the views from the top of its imposing fort prove this still to be true. Historically, it was only the high class, priestly Brahmins who painted their homes this color, and the old Brahmin…
Udaipur is known as the romantic City of Lakes. Throughout Rajasthan, people kept asking when we would visit this quaint, yet well-touristed spot. The city is as picturesque as promised, oriented around Lake Pichola. Bathing and clothes washing ghats are…