Best American Road Trips for Families Like many Americans, I grew up with road trips as my main source of travel. I learned at a young age how to watch the scenery go by as we drove for twelve hours straight. We haven't gone on nearly as many road trips as I would like in recent years--it's just seemed easier in all ways to fly. I think the idea of the great American road trip is coming back, though, as we try to slow down and explore places more in depth. One of the best American road trips ... Read More
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Jameson Distillery Bow St Experience: Is it Worth it?
Dublin is obviously a major tourist destination and with that comes tourist traps. While a lot of travelers don't mind going to the popular tourist attractions, Scott and I have generally tried to avoid them. It's almost a point of pride to try to find the off the beaten track locals only spots. I don't tend to like the feel of the super touristy places, either, so it took some back and forth between us to decide to visit the Jameson Distillery in town. It's always on the "Top Ten Things to do ... Read More
Visiting the Clava Cairns
Scotland is full of archaeological sites of interest and the area around Inverness has a number of accessible destinations. Visiting the Clava Cairns is an easy day trip from Inverness, although it may be more fair to say it's an easy twenty minute drive. While everyone knows that Scotland is full of history, the Clava Cairns are truly ancient history. This post contains affiliate links. The Clava Cairns date back to the Bronze Age (about 4000 years!) and were originally built as a ... Read More
Where to Feed Reindeer in Scotland
When we decided to visit Inverness, we were interested to see where we could go in the Highlands. Our time in the area was short and we wanted to make the most of it. We were rather spontaneous with our day trips from Inverness and let brochures at each place give us ideas on where to go next (I love those stands of travel flyers!). There was a brochure on a Scottish reindeer park and it seemed like the perfect place for the girls. After all, who can pass up seeing reindeer in ... Read More
Visiting the Egyptian Museum
I had told a friend recently that I didn't have a bucket list--I had Egypt. I was lucky as a child and met an Egyptologist who worked at the school my mother was attending. I had the chicken pox and couldn't go to school but couldn't stay home alone, so I went along to my mom's classes. Her professor must have caught that I perked up greatly during this Master's level class and took me into her inner sanctum where I was shown artifacts and research. After that, I just knew I was going to be the ... Read More
Where to See Highland Cows in Edinburgh
I had a list of what I absolutely needed to do before we left Scotland and right at the top of the list was seeing Highland Cows up close. I had seen them from a distance--you just drive around the Highlands and you'll see them grazing at the side of the road--but we were getting strapped for time and couldn't really leave Edinburgh to chase the close encounter I was after. I found that I was feeling constantly panicked because my must-do list was shrinking by the day simply due to time ... Read More