The last day we were in England, we headed to Windsor Castle with Ben and his colleagues, and our friends Andrew and Rachel met us there. I had intended to take Luca and go by ourselves, but Ben was able to get Friday morning off so he could join us…

  The day after Luca and I went to London, I thought we might pop on the train again and see what else was near to where we were staying in Reading, and Oxford stood out right away. (Mainly because it only cost like £10 and a half hour commute! ;))…

(That title is a nod to this horrible/wonderful movie.) While we were still in the planning phases of our trip, I discovered that London was a quick commuter train ride from our hotel in Reading. And I thought, ‘a 40-minute train ride?! Luca and I will spend the whole week…

Our insanely fantastic trip to Ireland (<- I linked Galway there, but Cliffs of Moher and Ballyvaughan were incredible, too) was only made possible because Ben actually had a work trip to England. We decided to tack several days in Ireland onto the beginning of the trip so Luca and I…

When Ben and I went to Dublin a few years ago, we had such an amazing time. Maybe it was because we were living in France at the time and visiting an English-speaking country was just such an incredible treat, but we fell in love with Ireland – hard. We…

If you’ve been living under a rock, that title’s a nod to the Ed Sheeran song I still can’t get out of my head. Since it’s been over a month since we’ve been back stateside, I guess it’s time to post some recaps of our trip to Ireland and England…