travelogue – Blake Hill House

Travelogue: Quebec City, PEI, and the Canadian Maritimes

TravelSeptember 1, 2023826Views 0Likes 0Comments

As an avid traveler, wanderlust hits me hard each summer. Oh, who am I kidding? Wanderlust hits me every 4-6 months, especially since I've been living in BHH. I love it here, but resetting and relaxing in a long-term rehabilitation project while working from home is nearly impossible. I have always marveled (and been slightly…

Travelogue: Our Final Days in Northern Ireland

TravelAugust 29, 2022268Views 0Likes 2Comments

I struggled with a title for this post, and now that I've written it, it sounds like we all died at the end of the trip. Fortunately, that's not the case. Instead, we ended the tour with happy memories and a low-level dread about returning to a house with numerous construction projects underway. Oh wait,…

Travelogue: Belfast

TravelAugust 25, 2022237Views 0Likes 0Comments

As I bring this travelogue series to a close with the next two posts, I'm not even going to try to pretend that I remember where we went on which day. It's broad strokes from here on out, friends. If you would like to catch up on the first part of the trip, here…

Travelogue: Wrapping up our Tour of Scotland

TravelAugust 24, 2022285Views 0Likes 2Comments

If the number of days between blog posts hasn't made it clear, this has been a crazy summer. Trying to catch a creative spark amid tightly scheduled days has been a challenge. However, it's time to wrap up these posts about our travels to Scotland and Northern Ireland. This blog didn't start as a travel…

Travelogue: Scotland Days 1 & 2

TravelAugust 9, 2022268Views 0Likes 4Comments

Last January, when Holiday Vacations invited me to host a tour to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the actual trip was months away. I couldn't even imagine packing a suitcase or hopping on a plane to Europe. Even so, I immediately said yes, and the days were quickly swallowed up with work and family life here…

Let’s Go to Scotland and Northern Ireland in July!

TravelJanuary 20, 2022185Views 0Likes 2Comments

This post is in partnership with Holiday Vacations. Remember when we packed our bags and hit the road or the airport with nary a hand sanitizer bottle in sight? Good times. COVID sure put a wrench in getting away, but slowly we're all figuring out how to plan vacations again. I've had the travel…