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Snapshots of London from the Thames On a recent visit to London, we booked a river cruise with City Cruises. I love walking along the Thames in London, so I thought it would be fun to get out on the river and enjoy the sights from a different perspective. Also, I knew we would have …
So, Mary Polly and I went to Paris for two days and nights with our dear friends, Sarabeth and Elizabeth. They were stopping over on their way to Kenya, so we jumped at the chance to stopover with them. To Paris! Because Paris is always a good idea. We were positively giddy to be in …
Are you still walking with me friends? If not, you can still start. It’s the beginning of June, so you still have almost seven months left in 2014 to have some amazing adventures! Make a list and tweet/Instagram me a picture! (@alisonchino) Here’s a walk we did in mid-May in Glen Clova, which is about …
For a couple of weeks my Instagram feed was filled with palm trees and beaches instead of mist and mountains. So for Instagram Travel Thursday, I’m sharing my IG images from Mauritius! Sigh. So beautiful! We stayed at Long Beach Hotel with First Choice Holidays, and maybe my favourite thing about the resort, besides the …
Snapshots of Durham, England for Instagram Travel Thursday Whenever someone mentions Durham in a room full of people in the UK, at least one person makes a reverent oohing sound. Ahh, Durham. Yes, you must see Durham. So when we heard that Taido was slated to speak at a conference at Durham University, the rest …
Driving the Ring of Kerry was a must-do on our Ireland itinerary, but it is over 100 miles long and even with several stops along the way, we found ourselves much in need of a longer leg stretch after lunch. So we were thrilled to find the Bray Head Loop Walk on Valentia Island. On …
A little yellow in my life makes me smile. On a cloudy spring day, this yellow rapeseed can almost take the place of the sunshine for me. Even in the pouring rain, I will stop for a spot of yellow. Glimpsed far away or along the River Tweed, these fields have been grabbing my attention …
We started our second day in Ireland at a fun area near Killarney that surrounds an old fancy estate house. Muckross House sits on a lake by the same name and there is a path that runs all the way around the lake. All the paths are paved for biking or for riding in jaunty …
A Walk in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland Our first day in Ireland was perfectly saturated with sunshine. Within a few minutes on the trail we were shedding layers. Parts of the landscape were strangely dry and full of prickly yellow plants. Were it not for the moss covered forest floors, I might have …
We spent our Easter Holidays in Ireland in County Kerry, enjoying every possible shade of green along with unbelievably fantastic weather. Seriously, we had sunshine every day! We met my mother-in-law, who came all the way from Hawaii and rented us a gorgeous house in Killarney with the most beautiful views! The owner of the …
[pe2-image src=”http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mt12xOuzhL0/U1USHW18QcI/AAAAAAAALZI/wPl-kdTQZ64/s144-c-o/DSCF0973-PANO.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/BeachWalkInWhitbyEngland#6004725595768635842″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”DSCF0973-PANO.jpg” ] I mentioned last week that we ended a day of exploring North Yorkshire by playing in the North Sea in Whitby. [pe2-image src=”http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TMOt3vgfLuI/U1USHRH-f0I/AAAAAAAALZg/jL1JV6XLH18/s144-c-o/DSCF0955.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/BeachWalkInWhitbyEngland#6004725594233667394″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”DSCF0955.JPG” ] The kids love to play in the sand no matter what the temperatures are, so I wandered around taking pictures …
Climbing Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire, England for #13 of #48walks I noticed a subtle difference between walking in North Yorkshire and walking in Aberdeenshire. The air was just a few degrees warmer and the fields a slightly brighter shade of green. The kids and I found this walk that was just a few miles …
We’ve been in North Yorkshire this week because Taido was presenting and attending a conference in Durham. Cole’s at camp, so I’ve just had three in tow as we explored on our own. Our favorite day was spent in North York Moors National Park. We went for a walk in the morning up a big …
Often there is such a long string of gray days in Aberdeen that I actually forget that the sky and sea can be this lovely. When the cold mist clears, it’s as though someone has taken a paintbrush to the city or like a black and white film has turned to color. Just north of …
I promise to make up for all my winter whining about the weather by being ridiculously happy about all the days full of skies this blue. Yesterday at church, Simon’s sweet teacher told us we needed to enjoy days like these because they are so few and far between, so we spent every possible minute …
We walked the Eastern Scottish Coast on Saturday afternoon and it was crazy windy. The walk took us along a cliff above the sea and I was a weensy bit worried one of us was going to blow away. The wind was blowing all this sea foam into piles on the shore and after we …
Back in January, I mentioned that we gave the kids tickets to events this year for Christmas presents. (Which is making Christmas last all year!) When I took Ben and Simon to Edinburgh to see The Lion King, we made a day of it, enjoying the city and taking loads of photos. We even had …
Y’all can I be honest for a second? I love to see new places in the world. And I really love Scotland. But over half of my Instagram feed is made up of pictures of the little corner of the world that is my home state of Arkansas. Because in addition to the fact that …
A few weeks ago I arrived in rainy London on a rainy Friday in order to attend a dinner for a blogging project I am very excited about. (More to come on this.) After a cup of tea with Tina at a darling farm store near the airport, I took the train to Victoria and …
It is amazing how wonderful it is to see the sunshine after it has been clouded over for days and days! [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0RtJ20FPC94/UvZwsaRnEWI/AAAAAAAAHyo/HFImFxcf-b0/s144-c-o/DSCF0594.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/20140208TyrebaggerWalk?authkey=Gv1sRgCPnn9rfKvu6BWw#5978089463650652514″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”DSCF0594.JPG” ] We drug the boys out on Saturday morning because the rain came back later in the day. It was cold and muddy but it was so wonderful …