A Traveling Pants Universe

Nothing can prepare you for majestic, unbelievable views of Glacier National Park! I have traveled around Europe and the States a fair bit and have seen a good share of beautiful views and wonderful places, but GNP holds a special place in my heart. You pass through an entrance gate to the park and you step into the nature embrace, it happens magically. Lake Mcdonald was one of the first wonders that we saw. Can you tell how excited I was to step out of the car and walk around after a a pretty long 10 hour drive from Portland airport? Can you also tell how nice and blue the sky was? This was one and the only evening that we saw blue skies in the park. We traveled over the Labor Day weekend and didn't expect it would be that cold and rainy there. Oh! And there was some snow too, it made it for quite treacherous conditions to hike up to the mountain lake, but we persevered!  Having complained about the weather once, I will not do it anymore, because even the coldness, b

London never disappoints… … whether you are looking for a a quiet street to walk, raucous club to party, or an extravagant restaurant to indulge your taste buds. If you have never been to or eaten at Borough Market on Southbank, you’ve been missing out on a lot of delicious offerings! I honestly envy people who live on this side of London and can come here any day for their regular grocery shopping.  There are way too many stands to choose food from, so come prepared, meaning come HUNGRY. I skipped breakfast that day and showed up to the Borough for late lunch, and was able to enjoy the offerings of three different stands. I would have loved to eat much, much more, but my stomach uttered a firm and definite “NO!” to that plan.  Besides enjoying amazing, fresh and mouth-watering food at the market, there is something reassuring and quietly exciting about talking to food vendors about their products, about the labor that went into growing the mushrooms or squash, li