Tag Archives: travel

back “home”

Posted on June 16, 2010 by krisawayfromhome

Well, I am no longer in the UK. I am back in the US, and my it was a loooong trip. Ben and I went to Amsterdam for three days before I had to come back, one final hurrah if … Continue reading →

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a snack-dream deferred and an update

Posted on March 31, 2010 by krisawayfromhome

The grocery store here only sells one kind of canned mandarin oranges, a favorite snack of mine. They hide them on the bottom shelf, meaning that I’ve overlooked them on every trip to the fruit aisle. Today I finally spotted … Continue reading →

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Vacation

Posted on March 24, 2010 by krisawayfromhome

My family left last week, after 12 days of scurrying about the country in a desperate attempt to see as much as possible. We drove over 1200 miles in 9 days and were blessed with better-than-expected weather. It didn’t rain … Continue reading →

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Chester

Posted on March 2, 2010 by krisawayfromhome

Ben and I went away for a few days last week. We needed to get out of the house and it had occurred to us that we haven’t really been anywhere at all in the UK, aside form London. The … Continue reading →

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(not) Ireland

Posted on January 12, 2010 by krisawayfromhome

Today should be the day that I write a triumphant post about how awesome Ireland was and how much fun I had and how I tackled my first solo trip with guts and came home with the glory. Unfortunately, I … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2009 by krisawayfromhome

We didn’t get to take our trip to Paris. It’s a long story. Basically, there’s be wicked tons of snow in SE Britain/Belgium/NW France. So much snow, that it effed up the electrical systems of several Eurostar trains, stranding a … Continue reading →

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Barcelona

Posted on December 20, 2009 by krisawayfromhome

This is a couple days late in coming because upon returning to Brighton, I promptly came down with a cold. So, in my phlegmy stupor it took me an entire day to sort through the photos I’d taken, and a … Continue reading →

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