Day Trip to Dunnottar Castle

Last weekend, my friend Chloe and I took a day trip up to Dunnottar Castle, which is just south of Aberdeen. It was a really long day, but it was really fun! We had to wake up at about 6am to catch the train up to Aberdeen. We got in at about 8 and headed…

Day Trip to Dunnottar Castle

Last weekend, my friend Chloe and I took a day trip up to Dunnottar Castle, which is just south of Aberdeen. It was a really long day, but it was really fun! We had to wake up at about 6am to catch the train up to Aberdeen. We got in at about 8 and headed…

Monthly Recap: March 2016

March 2016 Places I Went Cramond Island, Edinburgh – Cramond Island is a tidal island in a village just outside of Edinburgh. It used to be used by the military in WWII, so there’s a bunch of abandoned, graffitti-ed up bunkers around the island. It’s a pretty nice place to walk around. Blackford Hill, Edinburgh…

How to Learn Chinese Characters

I think I’ve written before about how I study at university, but I wanted to go in depth about my system for studying Chinese characters, because I’ve been really enjoying it and I think it’s been working really well. I kind of figured out this system through trial and error, so there is kind of…

Monthly Recap: February 2016

February 2016 Places I Went Glasgow,Inveraray, Glencoe, Fort William, and Glenfinnan, ScotlandMunich, Fussen, and Dachau, GermanyPinswang, Austria Books I Read Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick OffermanAs a fan of Parks and Rec, I couldn’t not read this. Also, I’m on a spree of reading autobiographical books by my favorite comedians. I really enjoyed this…

Winter in Bavaria: Munich

I got back from Germany a week or so ago, but I am only just now getting around to writing about it. I ended up falling in love with Germany a little bit and I had a really relaxing weekend. I arrived in Munich on Valentine’s Day. I found my hostel super easily, because it…

Postcards from Europe

I’ve been interested in traveling for a long time. Long before I knew I would move to Scotland to go to university, I was desperate to travel. I wanted to go to the beautiful places we learned about in history classes. I wanted to go to the exotic places where they spoke the languages I…

Day Trip to Glenfinnan

Last weekend, I went to Glasgow to visit MK, and on Saturday we took a day trip tour to the Highlands, and here’s what we got up to. Our first stop on the trip was Inveraray. Here we got some much needed coffee and breakfast. Afterwards, we didn’t have too long to explore, but there’s…