Planes, Castles, Tapas, and a Reality Check: My Whirlwind Trip Through the UK, Ireland, Spain, Morocco, and Portugal Oct 17-Nov 5
Like all great adventures, this trip started with good intentions, a well-planned itinerary, and the blissful ignorance of thinking travel delays wouldn’t happen to me. Exeter, Bath & Some Very Free-Range Sheep First stop: Exeter, UK , where I visited my sister and soaked up the charming university-town vibes. From there, we set off on a proper English countryside tour—first to Bath , where we did my best impression of a Roman aristocrat at the ancient Roman Baths (minus the togas and questionable sanitation). Then, it was on to Stonehenge , because what’s a UK trip without paying homage to a prehistoric rock formation? But the real adventure? A national park full of sheep and cows casually roaming the hills like they owned the place. Honestly, they probably do. Watching them frolic (or, in the cows’ case, lazily meander) was unexpectedly delightful. The Accidental Irish Detour: Castles & Guinness in Dublin Things were going smoothly—until I got stuck on a layover in Dublin ....