Elizabeth had just graduated from college and decided to take a gap year before grad school in order to go on a grand backpacking trip around Europe with her friends. In order to save up for the trip, she picked up some odd jobs, one of which happened to be in a small post office…
I had an absolutely beautiful June weekend in Rhode Island. I had never been to Rhode Island, but I was so excited to be there for Mairin and Nikhil’s wedding festivities. We stayed in Providence the first night and then joined the wedding guests in the seaside town of Newport. Day one, Kevin went for…
It rained that night, the second night of our rail tour in Ireland. We had just completed our loop around the Ring of Kerry, and just as we got back to Killarney, the rain came down. We ran under the hotel awning. Back in the hotel room, I swapped my cloth Toms for wellies (rain…