11 Things Ireland is Famous For In October, 2024 I was lucky to find a two-week dog sitting position in Dublin. As a result, I was able to explore Dublin city for many days. I visited several museums, parks and gardens, Dublin Castle, a famous prison, and a historic Guinness family estate known as Farleigh […]
15 Surprising Facts about Wales
15 Surprising Facts about Wales I recently spent nearly two months traveling around the small country of Wales. I was pet sitting the entire way, looking after various dogs and cats all over the place. Those pet sits took me to the capital, Cardiff; a small coastal town on the south coast called Porthcawl; and […]
Introduction to Wales
Introduction to Wales Wales is one of four countries that make up the United Kingdom (UK). The others are England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales is a full-fledged country with its own government, parliament, courts and power to make its own laws. But it’s also under the umbrella of the British Royal Crown. Oddly, the […]
LashWorldTour 2024 UK Travels
LashWorldTour 2024 UK Travels Well here it is, October already, and getting towards the end of 2024! I’m happy to report that my planned travel agenda for this year has been moving along pretty smoothly. As I detailed way back in February, my full travel plan for 2024 has been to explore four countries in […]
Exploring Europe 2024: My Three-Month Travel Plans
Exploring Europe 2024: My Three-Month Travel Plans Back in February, while I was pet sitting in Alaska, I wrote about my 2024 world travel plans. My post-Alaska plans entailed traveling around UK and EU for most of the year, starting in mid-April with a two-month tour around Scotland. Fast forward to early June, when I […]
This Week I’m Heading to Belgium for the first time!
This Week I’m Heading to Belgium for the first time! My two-month travels and pet sitting assignments around Scotland are just finishing. On Monday, June 10th I fly to Belgium for the first time, where I’ll begin my 90-day tour around a few select countries in Europe. By the time you read this article, I’ll […]
Wrap up of my Two-Month Explorations of Scotland 2024
Wrap up of my Two-Month Explorations of Scotland 2024 This week my two-month travels around Scotland comes to an end! Boy, that went fast! Way back in March, before I headed to Scotland, I wrote this article detailing my planned two-month itinerary around Scotland. I pointed out that I would be pet sitting at several […]
Ten Unusual English Words in Common Use in Scotland
Ten Unusual English Words in Common Use in Scotland I’ve been traveling around Scotland, pet sitting various dogs and cats, for nearly two months so far. I knew before I arrived, from many prior experiences, that Scottish speakers’ English can be difficult to understand for us Americans (as well as other English speakers) due to […]
9 Quintessential Scottish Traditions
9 Quintessential Scottish Traditions I’m writing this article from a little village in Scotland’s central highlands, within the Cairngoram National Park. I’m in the midst of my third pet sitting assignment in Scotland, here taking care of two beautiful black Labrador Retrievers. Thus far I’ve been traveling around Scotland for an entire month, doing pet […]
My First Observations of Edinburgh
My First Observations of Edinburgh Last week, when I was just in Scotland for a few days, I wrote an article about my very first observations of the country. Now that I’ve had one full week to explore Edinburgh, I’ve noticed many many more interesting & fun things about the city. Edinburgh is full of […]