Posts under ‘England’

Going Solo to the Manchester Christmas Markets

‘Tis the season when thoughts start drifting toward holiday events and foods and shopping. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit the Christmas Markets in Europe? Wonder no more. Today’s guest blogger, Andrea, describes Manchester’s Christmas Markets (in the UK) for us. Living in Manchester, something has to make up for [...]

My Three Best Travel Secrets

My friend JoAnna Haugen of Kaleidoscopic Wandering has tagged me to participate in a travel blogger game to share my three best travel secrets.  This game was kicked off by Katie at TripBase.com as a way to unite the travel blogging community and create a list of our collective best travel tips.  The key is [...]

Solo Travel for the Holidays

Earlier this week, I noted that those of us who are single have several choices for how we can spend the holidays–which, if you think about it, is pretty awesome.  People who aren’t single don’t have as many choices.  If you’re a mom of three, for instance, you can’t chuck it all and go to [...]

Resting Places

I don’t admit this to people on a regular basis, but one of my favorite places to go for walks is in cemeteries.  I know it sounds creepy, but I find cemeteries to be very restful places (no pun intended). I used to live near a beautiful cemetery in Lyndon Center, VT, where I would [...]