Author: Nancy

We woke to a gorgeous, sunny day and a crystal clear view of the snow capped mountains surrounding Azuga. After breakfast in the guest house restaurant, we walked down the street to a small shop that had caught our attention last night with its beautiful blouses displayed in the window. The merchant had a nice…

My work often provides opportunities for travel and consequently I have experienced many interesting places that might not have made it to the top of my vacation priority list …. Seoul, Silao, Abu Dhabi, Bangalore are a few places that come to mind. So, I was delighted to get an invite to travel to Bucharest…

We leave this afternoon to fly home. The forecast for the holiday weekend in London is warm and sunny – a continuation of the great weather we’ve had the last several days. Our weather forecast at home – rain! We completed our packing and walked down the street to Chez Bob Diner for a traditional…

Another gorgeous day! Earlier in the week,  we’d met three women from Manchester staying at Pax; a mother and her two adult daughters. We ran into them as we left this morning so spent a few minutes sharing our previous day’s adventures. Given the beautiful weather and the blooming cherry blossoms, we went outside to…

Another beautiful, sunny day!  What a gift to have warm, spring weather in England!  Had a quick breakfast at Pax, took the underground to Paddington Station and then caught the train to Bath.  The trip was about one and half hours with beautiful pastoral scenery! When we arrived in Bath, we initially went the wrong…

Today is definitely an umbrella day – more typical London weather with overcast skies, cooler temperatures and moist air. We got off to a bad start by not carefully planning our route to Stratford-upon-Avon. Not realizing that Stratford and Stratford-upon-Avon were different places in completely different directions, we took the underground heading for the Stratford…

The shuttle to Windsor dropped us down the street from the castle. The town was packed with tourists – English children were on break from school for the Easter holiday. A statue of Queen Victoria greeted us as we walked down the main boulevard that paralleled the castle. This statue was erected in 1887 in…

England is synonymous with castles. Today we plan to visit Hampton Court, one of only two remaining castles of Henry VIII. We took the underground to Waterloo and as we exited, saw the palace across the Thames. The size of the complex was incredible – the palace has over 1000 rooms, a large kitchen complex…

I love when my passions naturally intersect. This blog should tell you that I am a travel fanatic. Additionally, I am a Girl Scout – a member of my local council’s Advisory Board, former board chair, troop leader and lifetime member. So when a friend and former board colleague asked me to join her on…

First stop in London – Chelsea, to spend the weekend with friends who had recently relocated to the UK for work. They had a lovely apartment in Chelsea. Despite the drizzle (after all this is London!), we walked to the Saturday market in the Duke of York Square to bring home lunch. What a great…