It’s Sunday Funday! Today we get to tour the Buckingham Palace. The State Rooms of the Buckingham Palace is only open to the public from July to October, and I’ve been wanting to do this since 1993, when it was opened to help pay for Palace repairs caused […]
Even though we had a long day, we still had to eat. Fish and Chips was on our list of things to eat while in London, and I found the Golden Hind that was about a 10 minute walk from our hotel. The place was in the middle of […]
Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and The Queen’s favorite weekend home. If the flag flying above the castle is the Royal Standard, chances are the Queen will be there too. Our tour bus dropped us off near the village of Winsdor […]
Included with our Stonehenge Inner Circle experience was a tour of Oxford University. As we left Stonehenge, the rain was right behind us. Supposedly, a part of Harry Potter was filmed there, but they were having a graduation ceremony, so most of the access was closed. There are […]
Harrods is a luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. Founded in 1849 by Charles Henry Harrod, the store has gone though changes. The department store was acquired by House of Fraser in 1959, which in turn was purchased by the Fayed brothers in 1985. […]
London has thousands of places to stay for almost any budget. You can stay at a hostel, an AirBnb, a boutique hotel, or a high end, name brand hotel. I chose the Z Hotel because it was a smaller, boutique hotel chain, and the Gloucester location was ideal. […]
The first part of our UK visit is up, and now we move on to London, England. Our flight was at noon, and we splurged on a taxi (using the GETT app). The Edinburgh airport is small, so getting through security was a breeze. After landing in London, […]
The Royal Mile is the road that connects the Edinburgh Castle and the Palace Holyrood. After exploring the castle, we decided to stroll the mile and check out the shops along the walk. While exploring, we stumbled across the University of Edinburgh, hidden just off the path of […]
From Lady Wynd, there’s 2 ways to get to the Edinburgh Castle: across the road from us was a very long sets of stairs leading up to the castle, or follow the road through Greenmarket Street, and head up to the castle gradually. We took the road, which […]
Good morning, Edinburgh!! It’s day 4 of our trip and we are on our own to explore Edinburgh. We had tickets for the Castle at 9:30 and decided to yelp a place nearby for breakfast. The Coffee Mill came up with decent reviews, and they had the Scottish Breakfast, too! […]
Typically when I travel, I like to stay in boutique hotels. Lately, I’ve been noticing my friends taking advantage of AirBnb’s, so I made my first reservation in Edinburgh. The other AirBnb was booked by Yvonne, and it was her first experience, too. We both liked the affordable […]
When you think of Scottish shortbread, most people will think of Walkers. You see that plaid package everywhere, in the supermarket, at the airport, and when we were at the AirBnb we passed by the factory. Yvonne suggested we visit Dean’s of Huntly, which she thought had a […]
Scotland is known for the whiskey and have working distilleries located throughout the country. You can even plan your visit by using the Whiskey Trail guide, which will tell you how long it’ll take to go from one destination to another. The weather was not cooperating, so Stephen […]
After the Castle, we drove around the Highlands before heading to our AirBnb located in Aberlour, which is also home to a whiskey distillery (which unfortunately didn’t have time to visit). The AirBnB was located in the middle of no where, and there were no signs to direct us […]
Traveling from Dundee, Steven and Yvonne headed toward the Scottish Highlands toward Loch Ness. Yes, were Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster supposedly resides. The drive took about 3 hours to get there. Thankfully, Steve and Yvonne knew their way around because I was completely lost on where we […]
By the time we got to Dundee, Scotland, it was close to 2:00 am. Yvonne booked us at Malmaison Hotel, only to discover (at 2:00) they overbooked and had no room for us. Thankfully, the hotel did move our reservation to the APEX, located down the street, and […]
Vacation time!! This time it’s going to Edinburgh, Scotland to visit friends (and taste some whiskey!) and then to London. This is Stephen’s first time visiting the UK (aside from a layover in the airport) and the last time I was in London was back in 2011. We […]
