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Monthly Recap: January 2018

Here’s what I got up to in January. Where I WentNorfolk, EnglandLondon, EnglandMalaga, Ronda, Cordoba, Iznajar, Granada, Andalucia, SpainGibraltarEdinburgh, Scotland What I ReadThe Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes – I read this book while I was in Spain. I found it to be a well-written an honest account of a really amazing personal journey…

Monthly Review: September 2017

September has been my busiest and most challenging month in a long time, but it’s been great!Where I Went West Highland Way, Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland Best on Instagram McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh – Best on the Blog Monthly Recap – the only post I wrote last month! What I Read Cognitive Linguistics and Lexical Change by Natalya…

Monthly Recap: August 2017

This is what I got up to in August! Where I Went Little Rock and Bentonville, Arkansas Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina The Great Smoky Mountain National Park Winnsboro, South Carolina Washington, D.C.,  Philadelphia, and Newburgh, USA Edinburgh, Scotland Best on Instagram Back in Edinburgh Best on the Blog Huashan and China’s Most Dangerous Hiking…

Jiayuguan – the End of the Great Wall

We got into Jiayuguan from Dunhuang around lunchtime, rested for a bit, then went to see the end of the Great Wall! We got to the park, bought our tickets, and quickly spotted the wall. We quickly realized that the site is completely reconstructed. Everything looks pretty new.  They had a lot of cultural events…