Are you noticing a theme here? First Diagon Alley… then Steall Falls… and now the Hogwarts Express?! All I need to do now is find Harry Potter himself! Yesterday I went on a journey from Fort William to Mallaig and back on the Jacobite Steam Train, also known as the Hogwarts Express. While many of …
I woke up this morning without a clue as to what I was going to do with my day. Did I want to walk around and shop a bit? Not really. I can shop anywhere! Besides, almost all of the stores are either selling cheesy souvenirs or hiking gear. Why hiking gear, you might ask? …
Yes, you read that correctly… I am no longer in Edinburgh! This morning, I woke up at 5:15 in order to check out of my hostel and walk to the train station for my 7:15 train. Despite Google Maps telling me that the station was only a 16 minute walk from the hostel, I gave …
Today was my LAST day in Edinburgh, and I have to say I’m not as ready to leave as I thought I would be. Thankfully, Edinburgh is only a 2.5 hour train ride from Aberdeen. I will definitely be back. I started off the day by waking up before my alarm… exactly what everyone wants …
Before you all start to worry, let me just say that this post has nothing to do with my safety. Rather, it is about what was revealed to me today about Edinburgh’s dark history. But first, let me start off with some highlights of my day. When I woke up today, I was indecisive about …
I know that it’s only my third day in Scotland, but I’ve somehow managed to come up with a list of all the things I love about Scotland so far. So here it goes: 1. Bagpipes Since Scotland is a comfortable 50 degrees at night, my hostel room window always remains open just a crack. …
I woke up this morning to the sound of wild turkey calls. You’re probably thinking “turkeys? in the city?!”… That was my exact thought, too. It was only 5:30, so I was too lazy to actually get up and look out the window. For how loud they were though, I’m thinking that they must’ve been …
Today has been an unbelievably long and exciting day. Long because of the traveling, which started at 7:30 am Tuesday and involved absolutely no sleep… and landed me in Edinburgh at about noon with an entire day left to explore the city… Anyway, here are the most exciting parts of my day(s?). The traveling went …
Hello and WELCOME to my blog! As many of you know, I will soon be starting my four-month-long adventure in Scotland (woohoo!!!). I will attend the University of Aberdeen for the fall semester and take a full course load, just as I would normally do at St. Olaf. Unlike at St. Olaf where we register …