If you’ve read my last post, you probably realized that I didn’t drink much alcohol on my 21st birthday. Don’t worry… I saved that for the next day! By Saturday, I had gone to every place on my list except for one: a ruin bar called “Szimpla Kert”. Ruin bars are popular in Budapest and …
My 21st birthday was one that I will never forget. I started the day by going to the most beautiful café in the world: New York Café. This is one of the most popular spots in Budapest, and I can see why. The place is absolutely beautiful! It looks more like the inside of a …
As I mentioned in my last post, Thursday turned out to be quite different than I had planned on my itinerary. That’s the fun part about traveling solo! I can make as many changes as I want and nobody will mind 😆. However, I don’t think anyone would’ve resisted if I said that I wanted …
As many of you know, I was supposed to study abroad in Budapest last January. I would have taken a math class with one of my favorite professors and about twenty other St. Olaf students. However, the trip got canceled just nineteen days before our departure due to COVID. Since then, Budapest has been at …
The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 is a topic that has come up often throughout my semester in Scotland. I’ve learned about it at castle museums, on guided tours, and in nearly all of my classes despite none of them being Scottish history courses. Today, Alyssa and I visited the place where the Jacobite Rebellion came …
As promised, I am back for a second time this week to tell about Sunday’s adventure to Stirling! If you have read about my unintentional trip around Scotland at the beginning of the semester, then you probably know that I had actually already been to Stirling prior to Sunday… for a total of about three …
It has already been over a week since I returned from my trip to Norway, where I really put the “abroad” in “study abroad”. I can assure you that I also lived up to the “study” part all of last week… I submitted an essay, gave a presentation, completed a take-home exam, and started working …
Hei Hei from Bergen! In my last post, I mentioned that Jasmin and I would be traveling seven hours by train from Oslo to Bergen. Well… we made it (yesterday)! It’s been a blast. Here’s why: The train ride was incredible Even though seven hours should feel like a long time to be on a …
Yesterday morning, I left my cozy room in Aberdeen and caught a bus to the train station. Then, I took a train to Edinburgh and a tram to the airport. And then… I met up with my friend Jasmin and we flew to Oslo, Norway! It was a busy day of travel, but I enjoyed …
Happy Halloween, everyone! I didn’t anticipate writing a post for Halloween because I was unsure whether it was really celebrated in Scotland… but here we are! I’ve learned quite a bit about the Halloween traditions over the past few days, so I thought I would share some fun facts with you all. Samhain Halloween originated …