Author: Nancy

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…

Spent a few days in the beautiful city of Barcelona attending the IWF Cornerstone Conference. The event was hosted at the Barcelona International Convention Center (CCIB), located in the new business and technology district north of the port, away from the more touristy areas of the city. I’d not been to this area of the…

Friends and acquaintances are curious why we chose Bhutan as a travel destination. Some people had never heard of the country and many think it’s in Africa. Those who were familiar with Bhutan immediately identified it as the ‘happiest country in the world”. I have wanted to hike the majestic Himalayas my entire life. In…

We spent our last afternoon and the next morning in Paro enjoying the amenities of our National Geographic Unique Lodge of the World. Zhiwaling is a world class resort; it’s grounds are beautifully landscaped with willows and budding peach trees framing the Bhutanese architecture. A bubbling stream flows through the property feeding a small lake….

We were up early and at the trail head to Taktsang Lhakhang, the Tiger’s Nest, by 7:30am. It was a perfect day for a hike; sunny, cloudless blue sky, temperatures in the high 50s. The Tiger’s Nest clings to a rocky mountain towering 2600 ft above the valley at an elevation of 9678 ft. It…