I’d like to start by saying happy Mother’s Day! Liverpool was so pretty, it reminded me a lot of Pittsburgh as it is an industrial city on the coast. We had the morning free so we naturally we had a late start to the day. We Gravitated to a brunch restaurant nearby the hotel we […]
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Day Eleven: This is a gross tour, not a ghost tour
On the last full day of our international adventure, we decided to take an approach that we’ve taken with this entire trip… just go with the flow and see what happened. We had breakfast plans to visit the birthplace of Harry Potter known as The White Elephant. Before this trip I knew the bare minimum […]
Spiderman: Homecoming
Today was a sad, sad day. Today marked the end of our journey across the United Kingdom, or as I like to call it, Great Britain. We had an early meeting time for our flight, but I had to stay up until 5:00 am for the release of Tyler, The Creator’s new album, IGOR. I […]
A bittersweet ending
The last few days have required a lot of people saying how tired they are or how they can not wait to go back home. So many of my peers are homesick and connecting family or friends in their free time. Most of them want pictures of their pets. However, I do not want to […]
Last Day in Edinburgh
Free day! Jan and I set off early to head to Holyrood Palace. Alas, we found it closed to visitors because of a visiting dignitary from the Church of Scotland representing the queen. So we decided instead to tour the Scottish Parliament. The gorgeous modern building that houses the newest government in the world proved […]
A Bitter Sweet Ending: Day 11
Goodbye for now Edinburgh Our last full day in Edinburgh was a memorable one, to say the least. We had the morning to do whatever we wanted before we met at 5:30 p.m. I decided to spend my morning exploring the city a little bit more by myself before meeting up with everyone. First, I […]
Day Ten: This place isn’t real
It’s day two in Scotland and as I’m mentioned in my last blog post, I truly am not convinced that this is place is real. In describing Edinburgh to my friends, I’ve described it as “something out a storybook.” If you think of a old time town that’s extremely picturesque, you’re probably thinking of Edinburgh. […]
Edinburgh Day 3: The Ghost Realm
Today is our final day in Scotland, and the last day of our trip, which is upsetting, to say the least. It certainly has been a bittersweet day. I took the morning as a self-care day because I desperately needed to recharge after roughly two weeks of pretending to be an extrovert. I took some […]
Day Six: Stratford-Upon-Avon.
I spent the previous night dying from, what I assume (or am just writing it off as because I cannot recall a time that I felt so crappy) was hayfever. I thought my allergies were bad back in the States. No amount of medication could have prepared me for the hell I suffered throughout the […]
Edinburgh Media Visits
Our first meeting today was with one of the people that works to organize the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Oliver Davies. The Festival is so involved. There are hundreds of venues featuring a range of groups and performers. Audiences can find performance art, ballet, musicians, comedians and pretty much anything that you can imagine. The logistics […]