Author: noutlaw

Last Day in Edinburgh, the world is small…

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Well today is a transit day, having spent yesterday doing a bit of laundry and walking around the University. This is where the world gets smaller. How small? Here it is… So we are sitting at dinner the other night, casually chatting about all things pet (typical conversation goes “what do you think Knowshon is doing…”). Sitting next to us are two Americans also chatting about all sorts of things. In the most casual of […]

Tea with the Queen of Lafayette? Castle and HMS Britianna (you know the royal ship in the show…)

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The author recounts their first day in Scotland, exploring historical sites like a castle and the HMS Britannia. They marvel at the castle's rich history, impressive cannon, and the ship's royal legacy. Enjoying tea onboard, they reflect on the royal family's lifestyle and the extensive preparations for their journeys. Saturday becomes a relaxing tourist day.

First 24 in London, walk a lot, changing of the guards and biggest swan(?) on the planet…

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Well we’ve been in London about 24 hours, yesterday we arrived around noon, then it took some time to get to our hotel. We took the express train to London from Heathrow which was fairly easy except for the walk to the train (long). We then decided to walk from there to our hotel, which was super nice – it’s about 70F and sunny – not too hot, nor too cold. We walked through Hyde […]

Heading to Scotland to Hike (Via London)

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Well we are outta here, made it to DIA way ahead of schedule, but that’s ok. Cindy is having separation anxiety from the pets, but she’ll work through it as soon as the door closes. We found two great house sitters through trustedhousesitter.com who stay in our house, take care of it and the pets and basically there’s no fee. There’s a charge to join the site, but considering dog storage at a place costs […]

Day 4: Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis (13.1 Mi)

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Well today was pretty easy as expected and sunny all day – high of only 75F so not so bad – last week I think it was 85F so a pretty good change. We’ve now pivoted onto the main Portuguese Way route so there are many more people on the journey. This morning we were able to get up early and get moving with the goal of not spending so much time in the heat […]

Day 3: Redondela to Pontevedra (13 mi)

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Well today was fun, started out in the rain, was pouring at 8 am when we were having breakfast, but by 9:30 when we started was just a drizzle and not so bad. Of course walking into breakfast and seeing all the cheese, meat, etc. sort of has you eyeing other items, but it’s great when I compare it with hotels I’ve had to stay at in the United States and their ‘complimentary breakfast’.