Sometimes, it almost seems unnatural for something to happen when you’ve been waiting for it for oh so long. But it does come round eventually, then suddenly its over and you don’t know what to do with yourself. Day 1: Arrival. We flew thru Honky Land which is really cool – the airport at least, Read More »
I woke up at 12:00 PM today because it was so gloomy outside. It was cold, my heater wasn’t working properly and I didn’t want to get out of bed. I eventually made myself a sandwich from the groceries I bought yesterday. Geeze it was a horrible sandwich for lunch. And for dinner as well. Read More »
In the early hours of the morning the bus crosses the border. We pull up into a town called Newry soon after and I hop off to get some fresh air. The mist creates a thick blanket of white and I can’t see very far ahead of me. As I exhale my breath warms the Read More »
I had waited forever for the plane to take off. Take off it did…and early! The flight was smooth and long (and non-stop! Go American Airlines!) I woke up around 2 AM my time to discover that I had two hours yet to go. I landed in London. While we were landing, my fellow seatmate Read More »
Today was another beautiful day in Scotland. Karin had a stomach ache and decided to take a day off to rest, so I hit the center of Glasgow on my own. It was interesting to experience traveling solo for the first time, a bit intimidating, but it wasn’t long before I got into the swing Read More »
I planned to do a lot today as I mentioned yesterday. However when 9:00 AM came around my body would have none of it. I quickly pressed, what I thought was snooze, the button and didn’t wake until 12:30 PM. Hao and I ate at a sandwich place on Borough High Street for 3 pounds Read More »
London is, I have to admit, just as fantastic and exciting as any of its North American counterparts, despite its UK-quirkiness, a fact I wasn’t ready to accept until we spent four days running about in it. There I was, with a secret “I *heart* NY” tattoo on my left biceps and an “L.A. 4-EVA” Read More »
We’d liked to have written a bit sooner about Dubai, but the place we were staying had all these controls on the internet, and our host was never there for us to get him to relax some of them. So here we are, now in the UK, writing about what we got up to in Read More »
The amazing thing about being a young, single guy studying abroad in Europe with lots of free time and little money is that you get the chance to see the rest of the world, very creatively (this is the part that involves little money). This past week was just such a chance: myself and the Read More »
Well what do you do with a day off in a foreign city… That’s right EXPLORE! I headed to Bur Dubai, this is the old part of town, located on the “creek.” This is were the first build in Dubai was built, which is now the Museum. The cab took me right into the heart Read More »
