Jacobite Steam Train–> Fort William to Mallig

I actually tried to leave Oban the evening I got back from the Isles of Staffa, Iona, and Mull, however the…

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Oban, With a Trip to the Isles of Staffa, Mull, and Iona, Scotland

From Glasgow it was time to leave the city and head to a more rural place. I really wanted to get…

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Crossing Over to Scotland, Glasgow

Ferry talk! Boy do I love a good ferry, especially if it has the comfortable overnight option for long distances, or…

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I Failed, but I Feel so Free

I failed. I failed the listening test for Bahasa Indonesia at the Defense Language Institute. I got a 1+ and needed…

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Is Trying Enough?

I did it. I made it to the end of the language program I am currently enrolled in and I took…

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Northern Ireland/Winterfell, An Escape to the Countryside

After the whirlwind that was Ireland, I still had the rental car for one day so after bidding farewell to Justin…

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Hiking Boots, I Serenade Thee.

Unfortunately my trusty hiking books that have trudged with me so far, began their last journey to Ireland, Scotland, the Faroe…

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Still More Drama-Drama

This past 9 months have been so many things, but happy, wild, carefree, is not any of the things. When I…

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Failing at Things…?!

I’m interrupting your regularly scheduled program from the Ireland and Scotland trip that I’m a year behind on anyway to just…

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Road Trip From Killarney, to Cork, then to Dingle

After Portmagee, and a hitch hike back to Killarney, the next few days became a blur of local pubs, countless Guinness,…

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Boating out to the Skellig Islands, Ireland

Yes indeed, if the still waters of Portmagee were any indicator, a boat was headed out to the Skellig islands just…

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