I need to start this post with a quick exchange I heard on the bus in Edinburgh. It was a mom talking to her 3ish year old son as they were eating animal crackers: “What does a duck say?”-mom “Moo!”-kid (I giggled) “What does a duck say?”-mom “Moo!!”-kid (I giggled again) “What does a cow [...]
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IRN BRU: Phenomenal
Posted in Europe 2010, Pics or it didn't happen, UK, tagged Climate Camp, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, protest, Royal Bank Scotland on 26 August 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Stone of Destiny
Posted in Europe 2010, UK, tagged drunk, Scotland, stealing, the stone of destiny on 18 August 2010 | 4 Comments »
One of the things that I did in Edinburgh (“Ed-in-buh-ra”) was I took a free New Europe tour, which I believe I’ve mentioned. One of the most valuable pieces of information I took away from that tour was the story of the Stone of Destiny. It’s so ridiculous that I really need to share it [...]
“At 14, I ran away with the circus. At 15, my dad made me give it back.” -Ross-tafarian, street performer
Posted in Europe 2010, UK, tagged circus, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, men, pictures, street performers, women on 15 August 2010 | 1 Comment »
Even though I’m now in Glasgow, I’m still definitely processing my whole adventure in Edinburgh. The treetops continued to be lovely and I found myself actually sleeping really well in the rocking. Plus, I got good at freeclimbing it…even without a flashlight. (Okay, that one did make me nervous.) But I think I’d be seriously [...]
Rockabye baby, in the treetop…
Posted in Europe 2010, UK, tagged circus, coincidences, danger, friends, Pirate Ship, reuniting, street performing, treehouse on 11 August 2010 | 2 Comments »
I don’t even know where to start… Well, I guess I’ll backtrack a lot…Ireland was absolutely amazing and my only regret is that I didn’t take pictures of the stuff we cooked. (I made something well over 100 meat pies one day.) I had a great time with the kids and the whole family and [...]
First impressions of Ireland: asleep.
Posted in Europe 2010, UK, tagged buses, comedy of errors, ferries, Ireland, travel, ungodly hours on 2 August 2010 | 4 Comments »
Well, I currently find myself in the town of Durrow in County Laois (pronounced something like “Ley-sh”), in Ireland! Let me tell you the tale of how I came here: Alright, so first things first. They use 24 hour clocks here. Normally, I do not. So I’d been looking at the ferry schedule before and [...]
Back in Wales!
Posted in Europe 2010, UK on 29 July 2010 | 3 Comments »
Josh and I headed over to Bath for the day and then to London for a few days and had a really wonderful time. We saw loads of museums, went on a free tour of each city, saw the changing of the guard, saw the Roman Baths (in Bath, of course!), saw circus street performers [...]
“Rock” is a bit modest for the Gibraltar Rock
Posted in Europe 2010, Spain, UK on 25 July 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’m in Wales! On our last day in Spain, my parents, brother and I headed over to Gibraltar, home of the famous Gibraltar Rock (which you may have seen from the Prudential logo). It’s worth noting that “rock” is ridiculous. The Gibraltar Rock is a mountain. I think the only sillier thing to call it [...]
