by Cindy | Jan 26, 2018 | England, Europe
Rochester was much easy to visit from London than I had expected. You hop on a train and 43 minutes later you are in Rochester. From the train station, it is a casual walk to the shops on High Street, a cathedral and a castle. The first place we needed to go, was to...
by Cindy | Jan 15, 2018 | Europe, Housesitting in Europe
We are on our 30th housesit and knock on wood we have only had one that we will always remember as our “nightmare” housesit. How many things can go wrong? Never ask that as the list can get quite long! The sit was confirmed several months in advance, so we had plenty...
by Cindy | Sep 27, 2017 | Europe, Travel Tips
When traveling it is always helpful to learn travel tips that have worked or not worked from others. And yes there is an app for that like Google Translate and WhatsApp. Some of it is just common sense and being polite. Here are a few tips that we learned this last...
by Cindy | Aug 30, 2017 | Europe
Over 4,500 people waited with great enthusiasm to swim into the Rhine River and float downriver with the current. The water temperature this year was also not bad at 21°C / 70°F. Throughout the afternoon, adventurers young and old made their way to the river, most...
by Cindy | Jul 30, 2017 | England, Europe
Ludlow was such a surprising find, with its grand castle, medieval buildings, beautiful walk along the river Teme and good food. You will need your walking shoes as the town is on a hill and full of wonderful old narrow streets. The buildings have heaps of character,...
by Cindy | Jun 27, 2017 | Europe
When I first investigated visiting Loch Doon Castle the mapping program instructions said to take “the unnamed road.” What? Well, since it is pretty remote and you basically follow the loch around to the far side to the end, how hard could it be to get there? Right?...
