Back in March, Shae and I managed to get tickets for a behind-the-scenes tour of Thomas Dambo's studio just outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. He's the artist who's built more than 150 troll sculptures around the world and we've had a chance to find 50+ of them. During that tour, … [Read more...] about Finding Thomas Dambo’s Trolls At Whipsnade Zoo
Quirky Things To Do
10+ Fun (& Mostly Pet-Friendly) Things To Do In Pembroke, Wales
Shae, Truffles and I just spent a few days in Pembroke, a town in southwest Wales near the coast. Despite it being a fairly small town (its population is ~7,500), there's a lot to see and do in the area. With a castle, palace, gardens, beautiful beaches, an unusual church in a … [Read more...] about 10+ Fun (& Mostly Pet-Friendly) Things To Do In Pembroke, Wales
Saga 2025 Day 12: Aberdeen – Time Travel, Castles, Coos & More
After an amazing Scotland trip of almost two weeks with our friends, it unfortunately had to come to an end. However, we did still manage to cram in some last moments of fun on our final day before our friends flew down from Aberdeen to London before making their longer flight … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 12: Aberdeen – Time Travel, Castles, Coos & More
Saga 2025 Day 11: Inverness To Aberdeen – Standing Stones, Pyramid, Castle & More
After a fun evening in Inverness, it was time for us to head to the last destination of our trip to Scotland with our friends - Aberdeen. I'd picked Aberdeen as there was a castle I wanted them all to visit (more about that in our next post), plus it had a good flight option … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 11: Inverness To Aberdeen – Standing Stones, Pyramid, Castle & More
Saga 2025 Day 10: Skye To Inverness – Coos, Castles, Nessie, Another Whisky Experience & More
After three nights on the Isle of Skye (which we would've loved to have been even longer), it was time to move on to our penultimate destination - Inverness. That's a 3.5 hour drive, but we knew it would take longer than that as we had a few places we wanted to stop at along … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 10: Skye To Inverness – Coos, Castles, Nessie, Another Whisky Experience & More
A Tearoom Where You Can Feed Highland Cows? Yes Please!
Our friend Megan is a huge fan of Highland cows (also known as Heilan coos), so we made several attempts to see them while on our trip to Scotland. We did get to see them a couple of times, but we all wanted to go one further by having some kind of Highland cow experience, rather … [Read more...] about A Tearoom Where You Can Feed Highland Cows? Yes Please!
Saga 2025 Day 3: Falkirk – Kelpies, World’s Only Rotating Boat Lift & More
After a night in Liverpool, the four of us continued our journey up to Scotland where we'd be spending the next 1.5 weeks. We had five different places that we'd be staying at in Scotland, the first of which was Falkirk. None of us had ever been to Falkirk before, but there … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 3: Falkirk – Kelpies, World’s Only Rotating Boat Lift & More
Visiting The Kelpies In Falkirk, Scotland By Day & By Night
Since 2014, Falkirk in Scotland has been home to a pair of fascinating sculptures called The Kelpies. Created by sculptor Andy Scott, they're located in a public park called The Helix. Kelpies are Scottish mythological creatures, said to live in the country's lochs (lakes), … [Read more...] about Visiting The Kelpies In Falkirk, Scotland By Day & By Night
Saga 2025 Day 1: London – Police Station Hotel, British Museum, Dinner In Darkness & Abbey Road
To kick off our almost two week trip with friends, we picked them up from London Heathrow airport and drove into London for the night. We'd visited London with them a couple of times before and had hit up most of the main attractions, so this time we had a few other things in … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 1: London – Police Station Hotel, British Museum, Dinner In Darkness & Abbey Road
Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From Hawaii
The very last state that we visited on our 7 year, 50 state road trip was Hawaii. We spent a total of four weeks there, one week at a time on four different islands - Kauai, Maui, the Big Island and Oahu. We had a wonderful time on the islands, managing to find a good mix of … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From Hawaii