Welcome to Ireland!! PART I - THE NORTH After the Highlands of Scotland, I was looking forward to returning to Ireland. It has been 12 years since I first was here. I came for a photography workshop that was based out of Westport, in the Republic. During that visit, I explored not only the west …
The Highlands of Scotland
Though I really don't like group tours; though I really don't like bus tours; I chose to take a bus tour of the Scottish Highlands because I wanted to see as much as I could in the 4 days that I had. So I booked a Haggis Tour of the Western Highlands, including the Hebrides …
Fàilte Edinburgh!
This gentleman was playing his bagpipe on the corner as I hopped off the bus downtown Edinburgh for the very first time - what a wonderful welcome! I had been booked for a 2 1/2 week housesit in a beautiful home in the area of Morningside, a short bus ride to the center of this ancient …
HAIL BRITANNIA – PART II
Thought I would start Part II of my London odyssey with a photo of 'da Queen' - as we Chicagoan's would say. She is so very British and did you know that if she lives until September 9th (and there is no reason she won't) she will be the longest reigning British monarch, ever, eclipsing that old …
HAIL BRITANNIA – PART I
My housesit in the burbs completed, I hopped on the Translink at the Elstree/Borehamwood station and changed to the Jubilee Underground at West Hamp which I took to the Canning Town stop. There I changed again, this time to the DLR (District Light Rail), which took me under the Thames to Woolwich Arsenal, the location …
HOUSE/PETSITTING 101 – Borehamwood, England
This is my first 'real' house/petsit. Much different than my Copenhagen sit where I knew the owners and Rick was at home part of the time, where here I don't know the family. We connected through one of the 3 housesitting websites where I am registered - TrustedHousesitters, MindMyHouse, and HousesittersUK. My flight from Copenhagen took …
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Skål from Denmark!
Denmark is the home of many castles and smørrebrøds (open faced sandwiches which normally contain herring, thinly-sliced cheeses and boiled potatoes); sunny days filled with lots of intermittent rain showers; the Tivoli Gardens and the little, Little Mermaid; very tall, very good-looking, very blond locals (who are very friendly); a great many great museums, extremely clean streets, and real cool …
LAST WEEK WEDDING BELLS RANG….
...amongst the tall corn stalks and green soy beans of southern Minnesota when my youngest son took for his bride the fabulous Melissa. I met the new Mrs. Scott on a MegaBus ride between Madison, WI and Chicago in October 2014. She was headed to Chicago for a weekend break from studying for her Doctorate …
MY GERMAN SOJOURN
The past 2 weeks have been filled with new people, new places, old friends and hot, HOT weather. I left St. Ost, France on June 24th and flew to Basel, Switzerland. From the airport I hopped the shuttle bus into town and to the train station (Hello Basel!) and caught a train to Frankfurt, Germany. …
A Peaceful Repose…..
Taking a break in an 18th Century bathtub - as deep as my shoulders and plenty long enough! Solid steel and original copper fixture - why can't they make tubs like these any more? And look at those claw feet! I just spent the past 3 1/2 days relaxing in a quintessential …
My Home on the Roam 