Category: United Kingdom

Haven’t posted for awhile. We needed a break from constantly being on the road, so we decided to go back to London a week earlier than we needed to be back for apartment hunting and figured we’d enjoy exploring our new city for a bit. A few things didn’t go as hoped: It wasn’t great,…

So, when we were in Chester, a friendly waitress strongly suggested that we should check out York if we had time. She said that a lot of Harry Potter had been filmed there because it was like Diagon Ally, but in real life. We had a couple of extra days to explore the area and…

The Context If you haven’t watched the documentary Welcome to Wrexham, you should. It’s on Hulu. It’s the true story about Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenny (actors) purchased a football club in Whales and have been investing in it to get it promoted. We found out about this show when it was frequently recommended as…

Visas, Banks, Storage, Cell phones and more We arrived at Heathrow around noon London time. We all got at least a few hours of sleep on the ~9 hour flight and were ready for action. The most stressful part of of this phase of the trip was certainly getting all of our baggage through customs…