• Ceilidh: Traditional Scottish Dancing

    After spending the entire day sleeping the jet lag away (and hiding from the snow storm, aptly named the ‘Beast from the East’. I’m not joking. Google it.), I came to the conclusion that I had to do something outside of my hostel room to salvage the day. Lucky for me, hostels are awesome and often…


  • Essentially Snowed In

    Finally arrived to Edinburgh – one problem: the giant snow storm that took over the rest of Europe in the past week just hit the UK and has shut everything down. Those are the view from the hostel window, which has basically been the only part of Edinburgh I’ve seen besides the places along the…


  • A Bit of A Delay

    When the plane broke yesterday, there was the usual massive group of angry passengers vying to get on the next possible flight to their destination. I, on the other hand, was very flexible – I’ll be in Europe 6 weeks, I don’t mind a day delay. So I decided to call customer service and have…


  • Attempt Number One

    I was suppose to fly out of Raleigh today. I said goodbye to Phantom, packed my bags in the car, went to the airport, and sat there – for 4 hours. The weather front in the northeast delayed my flight from RDU to Newark to the very last second; any more time and I would…


  • My Next ‘Grand Adventure’ 2018 Edition

    Well, Sebastian let the cat out of the bag! Starting February 26th, I will be back in Europe for a 6 week grand adventure – including my first trip to the Middle East! (I need a new title for this one… ideas anyone?) The itinerary is: 26 February to 2 March: Edinburgh, Scotland 2 March…