Travel: Stromness, Orkney

Dear Readers After watching The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for the 10th time it made me think about the time I spent in Orkney this past summer, and how similar Stromness, Orkney is to Guernsey, THEN, I got thinking about how I never posted a proper blog post about Stromness, Orkney (and…

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What I Pack In My Carry On

Dear Readers, Well this week I am headed back to Scotland for my graduation with my parents! I am so excited to be returning to Glasgow for my graduation, but I am even more excited to see my friends!!!!!! As I am in the midst of packing for my trip I thought I would share…

Why everyone should study abroad

Dear Readers, The best thing I ever did for myself was accepting my exchange offer for my third year to go study at Lund University in Sweden. If I had not moved to Sweden for a year, my life would have turned out completely different, and I think I would have had an extremely different…

Bothwell Castle

Dear Readers, Two weeks ago, while Erika's sister Jeni was visiting so we decided to go on an adventure her last full day here! Erika had the idea to rent bikes and bike to Bothwell Castle outside Uddingston in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The bike ride was just under two hours along the Clyde River from…

Travel: Palma de Mallorca

Dear Readers, So our third day we spent the morning just lounging around the villa and playing in the pool. The pool had a football that we took a liking to throwing around, which eventually turned into a few of us jumping in the pool.. which led to everyone else being peer pressured to jump in…

The Ben A’an Adventure

Dear Readers, This weekend my friends and I decided to go on our first hike. We decided to go to Ben A'an for a "level 2" hike, in the Scottish Highlands. Ben A'an is located north of Glasgow, about an hour and a half drive. We took a bus from Glasgow to Balfron. Balfron was…