Did you think I was referring to Aberdeen, the oil capital? Maybe from Houston. Having temporarily suspended routes between the United States and Scotland during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, United was the first U.S. carrier to resume flights between the two places back in March 2022, from NY/Newark EWR to Edinburgh EDI. Resumptions […]
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Throwback Thursday: The Multilingual St. Louis MetroLink
On 2 March, 2021, at some point in the day, I had a three hour layover in St. Louis. Having never ridden the St. Louis metro system, better known as MetroLink, I was eager to give it a whirl. (for whatever reason, trying out metro systems, is one of my travel hobbies). Not knowing anything […]
Free Guided Hikes at U.S. State Parks
Elephant Rock, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, United StatesCome New Year’s Day, state parks around the United States will be hosting something called First Day Hikes. Introduced at the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, Massachusetts more than 30 years back, the idea to offer free guided hikes around state parks has since spread so […]