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Category Archives: Europe
Of Castles and Ruins
Having stayed overnight in Falkland, I had been hoping to visit Falkland Palace and the gardens there before I left, but it’s closed in winter (as many places are). I wasn’t too fussed as my day was going to be … Continue reading
Scotland: Day 2 – Culross, Stirling, William Wallace, Doune and Outlander
Thursday, December 12th 2019 (my first full, proper day in Scotland) dawned drizzle free, and I was awake before my alarm! Bags swiftly packed, I shoveled them in the rental and had a yummy vegan breakfast – my first of … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Scotland, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Adventure, Castle Leoch, Claire Fraser, Covenanter Hotel, Culross, Doune Castle, Falkland, film site, Herb Garden, history, Jamie Fraser, Monty Python, Outlander, Outlander Starz, Outlander TV Show, Pineapple House, River Forth, Robert the Bruce, Ruins, Scotland, Stirling Castle, Terry Jones, The Wallace Monument, Travel, Unicorn, vegan, village, William Wallace
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Mizen Head and West Cork
As is the roundabout and fickle unpredictable nature of my travels, I ended up staying for several weeks at a friend’s B+B in West Cork. It was February (re: slow season) 2018, and I was able to make myself useful … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Ireland, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged B+B, bed and breakfast, Castle, Cliffs, Cliffs of Moher, Derelict, Drombeg, forest, frogspwan, healing, history, Ireland, Lake House, Mizen Head, nature, Passover, religion, Seder, Standing Stones, Stone Circle, West Cork
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Scotland: Land of Monsters and Kelpies
And bagpipes, Tartan, clans, Hielan Coos, Scotch Whisky… the list goes on! When I started getting into Whisk(e)y, I knew I wanted to visit Scotland. But that wasn’t the only reason, not by far. Knowing my love of Ireland, I … Continue reading
A New Look on New Year’s
Ever since moving to New York at 18, I’d fallen into the trap of trying to make every New Year’s Eve as raucous and debaucherous as possible. I had a good run of it, too; New York City in general, … Continue reading
In Bruges
The extent of my knowledge about Bruges was that a movie with Colin Farrell had come out some years ago with the same name. No idea what it was about*, but when I got to Belgium and Kim was like, … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged belgium, boat ride, bruges, canal, canal tour, charming, cobbled streets, colin farrell, day trip, Europe, european city, history, horse drawn carriage, hot chocolate, in bruges, magic, old school, quaint, swans
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Amsterdam: City of Houseboats and Bicycles
I got to take a spur-of-the-moment trip to Amsterdam, city of houseboats, bicycles, legalized marijuana use, and, oh yeah, prostitution! I was in the city less than 5 minutes before I caught the first pungent whiffs of weed, passed a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Amsterdam, anne frank, anne frank huis, banksy, bicycles, bike, boat, boatamsterdam, canal, canal tour, explore, gf, gluten free, houseboats, ivy and bros, legalize, marijuana, moco museum, museum, netherlands, pot, prostitution, van gogh, vegan, veggie, walk, weed
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