This weekend was a blast! One of my best friends came and visited me from Rome and we explored Edinburgh Friday night before heading to Inverness on Saturday morning! We climbed Salisbury Crags at sunset, which was gorgeous. Watching the sun go down… More
Despite the subarctic temperatures, wind chill of around negative 500 and severe rain… IT WAS GREAT! One thing I was not prepared for was the dramatic shift in weather. Obviously, I had not done enough research prior to my visit abroad because it’s apparently… More
After I had decided on being in Scotland for the spring semester, I was pretty sure I wanted to go to Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day. The only problem was that I would miss school- good thing I found a way to minimize missed classes, but at the expense… More
In the southwest corner of the New Zealand’s south island lies Fiordland. It’s the southernmost nob of the Southern Alps, a waterlogged region of mountains and coast that’s been gouged by glaciers, uplifted by crashing tectonic plates, and invaded by… More
January 24, 2015 “Have you decided what you are going to do today?” Our B&B host asked as she placed our ordered breakfast of pancakes in front of us. “I think we are going to try to go to Inishbofin,” I replied. She didn’t seem to think our travel… More