I’ve been gone again! This latest trip, 12 days in England and Scotland, literally fell into my lap last July, and I’m still surprised that all the pieces fit into place so effortlessly. Truly, it was divine intervention!

Just moments away from pressing the “Buy Now” button on airline tickets to Newark for a two week drive down the eastern seaboard to Key West, I received an email from the nice people at YMT Vacations—the same people who got me to Italy last May, and to New England way back when I first began traveling in 2006.

Guess that makes me high on their “frequent traveler” email list. At any rate, I do appreciate the specials that come my way, and the timing on this one when it arrived, gave me the strong indication that it was meant to be. What with the recent teasers during the Olympics, and my own roots in Wookey Hole, England, I decided to book it on the spot!

And off I went, and the next 10 blog posts, which will be daily (rather than the usual every third day), will take you through my travels day by day… I had a fabulous time, received the true Royal Treatment, and it was amazing, awe-inspiring, and … Well, just follow along and you can fill in your own superlatives!