One of my bucket list items during our trip to Wales was seeing wild puffins. As luck would have it, we were in southern Wales smack dab in the middle of their nesting season (mid-April to mid-May) - a prime time to see loads of puffins as well as other nesting seabirds. I quickly booked …
After several incredible days in the northern part of the country, we relocated to southern Wales and set out to explore the second national park of our trip - Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Pembrokeshire Coast is one of the smallest of the UK’s National Parks but don’t let the size fool you, you’re at …
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One of our more leisurely days in Wales was relocating from the northern part of the country to the southern part of the country via a drive along the Cambrian Coast. While enjoying the drive and the changing terrain was our main goal, we did make a couple stops along the way. Our first stop …
When I was planning our week in Wales, I was thrilled to learn this small country has three large national parks. We made it a priority to hit them all, and I loved the variety of experiences we had in each place. I was really excited about visiting Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park, which is Wales' …
A couple days in northern Wales wasn't remotely enough time to see even a portion of the things on our list. We ended up centralizing our stay in Conwy, which not only had its own appeal but was a great jumping off point for visiting nearby Llandudno and Snowdonia National Park. Trying to decide whether …
One of the more unusual experiences of our recent trip to Europe occurred our first day in Wales. We rode in a very skinny boat across an aqueduct 126 feet in the air looking straight over the edge of the water to the river below! The Pontcysllte Aqueduct (and the skinny canal boats that travel …
Brian turned 40 the week of his European tradeshow so we added some personal time to the trip in order to celebrate. On his birthday, we caught the Eurostar from Paris to London - our first time experiencing the Chunnel! We arrived at King's Cross Station on time but had to manage through a brief …
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Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
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