We all talk about how nice it is to get away and relax, not have any school or work responsibilities, but really, when was the last vacation that you went on that you came back and felt refreshed rather than thankful to be home where you can finallyrelax? Don’t I look all nice […]
Mind the Gap: Getting Across the Pond and Around England
If you have not made your way to Great Britain, then the phrase “mind the gap” won’t make much sense to you; if you have been so fortunate as to visit the grand little island and made use of its public transport then you know how often the phrase is recited by various recorded voice-overs […]
The City of Lights
I have a confession to make. I have never been that interested in Paris. Maybe it’s my British roots but just never really felt the urge that so many do to visit the City of Lights, but we’re in France so not seeing it would have just been wrong. In our typical fashion, we arrived […]
Mont St. Michel, Also Known as the Castle from Tangled
Our trip to Mont St. Michel started with a little spontaneity. No, we didn’t randomly decide to go there, we just changed our method of transportation the night before we left. Originally we had planned to take a bus to the famed abbey, but I wanted more freedom with our time (ok, ok, I wanted […]
Stuffed Mushrooms
So the problem with this recipe is that it’s fantastic, easy and quick so whenever I make it people want the recipe but it’s a family recipe. That means I learned to make them from Mom, which means I learned from multiple years of asking “does this look like enough?” when it came to mixing […]