Posts under ‘Travel’

We won the pub quiz last night! OK, we didn’t win, but we got second place. OK, we got second place at first until the guy realized he had made an addition error. So, we got third place! The name of our team was appropriately called “Courters Yankee Invasion” – won a big Easter Egg….yippee. [...]

I felt overloaded with the beauty of it all.
There were times when I could almost feel a roll of the eyes coming from myself when approaching another beautiful scenery up ahead – from another castle steeped in history, another amazing group of rolling hills or another incredible coastline. There were times when I just didn’t [...]

I’ve been writing a lot (not to mention still tweaking the ending to my novel), and as I write this my eyes are still blurry from sleep.
If you’re interested in reading some of my latest guest posts and interviews, see below:

Expatica.co.uk – ‘That Middle Area’ – This was an entry I wrote a while back, [...]

I re-read a few of my emails from when I lived in Paris in 2004 – just before Bush was re-elected. There were many emails surrounding the topic of Bush, since the French were so adamantly against him being in office, but this entry reminded me of a sort of duty that I, and other [...]

As much as I tempted him to reveal the location, he wouldn’t. It was going to be a surprise. I was intrigued. I can count the number of times I’ve been surprised on my pinkie finger.
As if there was a tree with lights and presents underneath it outside our bedroom door, I awoke early. Early [...]

Tick that one off the list.
I went to Manchester United’s Football Club yesterday – Old Trafford. It was my first time, and it was A-MAZ-ING. Loved it. Yup. Loved it. L-O-V-E. Got it?
Although, when the fans started shouting over and over again – LOVE UNITED, HATE THE GLAZERS….I shrank a bit. The Glazers are the [...]

Seeing as it’s Thursday, I’m a bit late to talk about last weekend, but I’ll excuse myself on the fact that we’ve been moving house. See how kind I am to myself? Thanks Meagan. No Problem MAL.

Saturday – Jock’s birthday present came to life! Three words – MEN IN TIGHTS. Despite Jock’s brothers cries to [...]

I am starting to realize that I will only be here for another eight months, and I’m feeling a bit panicky. Only because I finally feel really settled and am beginning to love everything about living here.
More realistically, because the thought of having to go back to working and living as a regular old American [...]

Another weekend in London.
Friday night. Wine Tasting at Vinopolis with Gemma and Liam. The five tickets didn’t seem like enough at first, but combined with the rum tickets, the whiskey tickets, and the Gin cocktail tickets…they were enough. Plenty. Pulled out my “double fisting” joke. Went down well.
Big commercial wine tasting tour/building built on top [...]

And, now lads, may I present you with my very first mini movie! Enjoy!

Jocko and MAL take on Ireland from lady lunches on Vimeo.