Skye

On Friday my cousin Paulina came up to visit me in Scotland, since she’s doing her semester abroad in Spain. We’re going to be traveling a lot in the next week, but our first excursion was to Skye for a long weekend.  The first stop was Loch Lomond. The first thing you need to know…

Aberdour and Rosslyn Chapel

Saturday, my friend Chloe and I planned a little day trip up north to Aberdour, which is just across the Firth from Edinbugh, and to Rosslyn, which is just past the Pentlands. Chloe and I left Edinburgh about 9am and we took the train to Aberdour. The castle is less than a 5 minute walk…

Florence, Part 2

This is the last of 3 posts about my trip to Italy. Click here to read about my first few days in Florence and my time in Rome! Again, I was impressed with the apparent timeliness of the Italian trains, until we ended up getting stuck in Florence and were late getting to the train…

Florence, Part 2

This is the last of 3 posts about my trip to Italy. Click here to read about my first few days in Florence and my time in Rome! Again, I was impressed with the apparent timeliness of the Italian trains, until we ended up getting stuck in Florence and were late getting to the train…

When in Rome…

Right when I got back from Rome I was beating myself up because I didn’t say that phrase once while I was there, so I’m making up for it now! First things first – have you read part one from this trip? If not, click here! I got up bright and early on Tuesday to…

First Stop: Florence

After suffering through an entire semester with not so much as a long weekend, we were rewarded with Innovative Learning Week, which would ideally be used to go to many of the academic events on campus; however I thought I would learn a lot more if I went to Italy!I actually did plan on learning…