There’s a meal that exists here that hasn’t existed in any other place we’ve lived. It occurs in the afternoon, as the name would imply. The consumption of actual tea, however, is entirely optional.
Guest Post: How to Find a Job in Munich
Today we have a guest post by Dana Newman, writer and expat vlogger at Wanted an Adventure. Read her tips and then run off to live in Munich. You know you want to.
Scotland: an afternoon at Jupiter Artland
Don’t believe the rumors, kids: it’s almost always sunny in Scotland. We had yet another glorious day for our trip to Jupiter Artland.
Edinburgh: Dean Village and the Water of Leith
Edinburgh is full of surprises. One minute you’re in a bustling city center, and the next you’re wandering down a shady trail, surrounded by trees and hearing only the sounds of the nearby stream.
England: Hiking amongst the waterfalls
On our way home from Birmingham, we stopped to do a little hiking on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail in Yorkshire.
A weekend in Birmingham
We recently hopped in the car and headed south of the border* for a weekend with the delightful Brummagemerins. Birmingham probably wouldn’t have ranked high on our must-see list without fun people to visit there, but we’re very glad we went, for both the company and the sights.
Edinburgh: getting ready for the Fringe
I was so looking forward to the arrival of the Fringe programs this year, I even marked it in my calendar. Yes, all of the shows (over 3,000 of them) are listed on the website, too, but for browsing purposes the paper catalog is much more fun.
Edinburgh: Scenes from an open-top bus tour
Like most tourist-centric European cities, Edinburgh is full of open-topped double-decker hop-on-hop-off bus tours.
Angry birds (and an abbey) on Inchcholm Island
In our quest to make the most our of our year-long membership to Historic Scotland, we recently journeyed to Inchcholm Abbey, a medieval abbey on a small island in the Firth of Forth.
The Vegas Wedding
“They can probably get you a student visa. They kept saying how much easier it would be if we were married.” A little over ten years ago, we were living in New York. The company I worked for had just opened an office in Milan, and I had been chosen to staff it. Scott was counting the days until he could quit his job on Long Island to come along.