Itinerary: One Week in Wales

When Brian's annual tradeshow in Paris circled around, we decided to add on a weekend in Monaco before his work events, and a week after for our own exploration. We've both spent quite a bit of time in Europe so I started brainstorming a new country we could sneak in (Andorra, Liechtenstein, and San Marino …

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An American at King Charles’ Coronation

A week or so before our two-week trip to Monaco, France, Wales, and England, I had an epiphany. I had been so caught up in our overall trip planning and logistics that I had spaced on the broader landscape of events occurring in the areas where we were traveling. I text my mom and said, …

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An Afternoon in the Cotswolds

I don't know how I originally learned about the Cotswolds. But I've talked about visiting ad nauseum since then, much to Brian's chagrin. As luck would have it, this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) covers 800 square miles in south-central England that we needed to traverse as we headed from Cardiff, Wales, to London. We …

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