This past Friday, I went to a school-sponsored dance. It was less the type of dance that we might be used to; it was advertised as a type of traditional Scottish dancing event called a Ceilidh (pronounced KAY-LEE). On arrival, I paid the entrance fee… More
Movie stars make horse riding look incredibly effortless—as if it’s no big deal to hop up on the nearest wild mare and gallop off into the sunset. Surely it’s not painful to ride bareback at a steady trot, and surely the horse will take directive of where… More
The theme of my blog post this week is travel. The things in my day-to-day life have settled down as I’ve found a routine in classes and such. My first trip was to Oban, the seafood capitol of Scotland, and Isle of Seil. This was through ISUK tours,… More
The past two weekends I’ve taken trips around Scotland with International Student Tours at the University of Edinburgh. The first one was to Loch Lomond, Inveraray, and Oban in the western Highlands, while the second was to Dundee, Stonehaven, and Aberdeen… More
Condition one: Begin by living near a small regional airport. If this does not apply to you, you must fly the traditional way. There are no exceptions. Granted that you have fulfilled condition one, arrive at the airport whenever you feel like it. Ideally… More