travel
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England Summer 2025, Day 10-part 2 Day 11-part 1
Fossil hunting on the Jurassic Coast deserves its own post. Maybe this activity doesn’t mean as much to people who grew up in England as it does to someone who grew up in the middle of south Texas. I don’t know. For me, it’s a big freakin’ deal. The fossils people find at Lyme Regis Read more
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England Summer 2025, Day 10-Part 1
A love for Jane Austen is a good enough reason to visit Lyme Regis. The coastal town plays a prominent role in Persuasion. It is a place Austen visited more than once more than ten years prior to writing the novel. It gives you a sense of the kinds of seaside resort towns Austen mocked Read more
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England Summer 2025, Day 9
I’m excited to share with you that I crossed an item off of my Jane Austen bucket list on July 14. I went to The Cobb (a breakwater) in Lyme Regis–the site of a scene from Austen’s novel, Persuasion. Before I tell you about this scene, please watch this montage of scenes from various adaptations. Read more
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England Summer 2025, Days 4-9 minus 1
There are definitely too many numerals in the title of this blog post. 2025 is fine. Days 4 through 9 would be fine. But minus 1? This blog is going to cover our departure from London on day 4 of the trip and our time staying at Southampton, which we left on day 9. However, Read more
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England Summer 2025, Day 3
I knew that this third day of our trip would need to be something that excited Kensington. No boring art galleries. No niche historical stuff only interesting to me. A bridge with towers you can climb and then walk across glass while hovering over the actual bridge with cars and buses and people–yes! A famous Read more
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England Summer 2025, Day 2
Ever since I found out the name of my niece I knew I wanted to take her to a special place in England: Kensington Palace. Yes, my sweet mini me shares her name with a famous royal abode. I’ve always thought of Kensington as a princess, so it makes sense that there would be a Read more
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England Summer 2025, Day 1
I’m back at it, y’all! Back at what? you might ask. A lot of things: blogging and traveling for sure. This summer I spent four days in London, five days in Southampton, one day in Winchester, and two days in Lyme Regis. One reason for my trip: a conference to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Read more
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Toy Story Land, Sci-Fi Dine-In, and Disney Rash
We had a blast in Toy Story Land (TSL). I’m not a huge Toy Story fan, per se, but I like the way walking through this land felt like walking down Nostalgia Lane (not a real lane; I made that up). Some of the toys are the kinds I had in my childhood, but in Read more
Misty Krueger 