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Hazlitt’s hotel review - your home in soho
A comfy, cozy, quirky hidden gem in London’s bustling, lively Soho area; this 30-room hotel on Frith St., steps from West End theatres, restaurants, cafes, nightclubs, Soho Square, Chinatown, and more has been a favorite of J.K. Rowling, Anthony Bourdain, and now yours truly!

TAKING THE ULTIMATE HARRY POTTER FAN VACATION
We travel to the UK - London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland - to visit Hogwarts, Platform 9 3/4, filming sites throughout London, the Warner Bros. studio tour, places that inspired Rowling to write the books, and ride the Hogwarts Express on the Ultimate Harry Potter Fan Vacation!

UK Railcards - easy, instant savings on train fares
A £30 Railcard saved us £150 on round trip, 1st Class train tickets from London to Edinburgh. If you’re looking to travel by rail in Britain, look in to buying a Railcard.

review: Viking River Cruise Passage to Eastern Europe
While being exposed to countless Viking River Cruise commercials during episodes of Downton Abbey on PBS certainly left me intrigued by the idea of taking a river cruise with them, it wasn’t something I put any serious effort in to doing…

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Selected images from my travel gallery…

Three-toed slot. Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Home on Lombard St. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Redwoods. Muir Woods, CA, USA

Belgrade Fortress. Belgrade, Serbia

Belogradchik Fortress. Vidin, Bulgaria

Equestrian statue of Carol I. Bucharest, Romania

Hillside homes. Cinque Terre, Italy.

Optimistic cat. Cinque Terre, Italy

Forum column. Rome, Italy.

Gondolas on the Grande Canal. Venice, Italy.

Lion of Venice and St. Mark's Campanile. Venice, Italy.

Crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands on the Jacobite steam train, aka Hogwarts Express. Scotland, UK.

Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Scotland, UK.

The Houses of Parliament, seen from the London Eye. London, England, UK.

Edinburgh Castle, from Princes St. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.