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Monthly Archives: June 2024
]London, UK, Jan 15, 2024] On my last visit to London, I had walked by St Paul’s cathedral but since I was still a travel newbie, I didn’t go inside. I rectified this mistake on this trip! Entry was included with our London city pass. St Paul’s cathedral is Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece. He was commissioned to design the church after the Great Fire of London in 1666. There has been a… Read More
[London, UK, Jan 14, 2024] To make the most of our first few days in London, we purchased the London city pass in advance. We got the 72-hour one and pre-booked as many activities as we could with it. For today, we booked the Shard and a Top Sights 5-hour walking tour. If you’re unfamiliar with city passes, read more about them in this blog post! Visiting the Shard was quite touristy… Read More
[London, UK, Jan 13, 2023] Quite unexpectedly, I found myself in London after a decade! Ash had a conference there, and of course I had to tag along. We flew non stop PDX to Heathrow. We landed in London just after noon, then took the tube into London City. I finally got to use my visitor oyster card again – I knew I was saving it for a reason) One of its… Read More
[Leavenworth, WA, Dec 25/26, 2023] The thing about Leavenworth is that it shuts down for Christmas, even with all the tourists. Nothing was open for breakfast or lunch, and the two places that did finally open for dinner were so busy that it was impossible to get a table. In the morning, we had to make do with hotel room coffee. The stand-alone Starbucks was closed, the Starbucks at the Safeway was… Read More
[Leavenworth, WA, Dec 24, 2023] Due to the lack of snow even this late in December, we decided to go for a hike. At first we tried the little snow area close to town. But even though there wasn’t a lot of snow, the trails were closed for hiking. We could only go on them on showshoes, but there wasn’t nearly enough snow for that. Our plan B was a well-rated trail… Read More
