Christmas is a time to gather with close friends and family and celebrate the past year. While I was unable to fly back to California in time for Christmas, I did have a wonderful time up in Newcastle. It was a nice way to prepare to return to my family back in the Bay Area. […]
Due to my prices of flights around Christmas, I booked my flight home for two days after Christmas. In the meantime I went up to Newcastle with Miranda to visit my uncle. We decided since we were already further north, we should take advantage of this opportunity to explore some cities in Scotland. Thus we made […]
As an official start to my winter holiday, my friend Miranda and I decided to go to London for the day and explore the Christmas markets. I had a play to attend in the evening so I decided I might as well explore London beforehand. First stop was the Borough market again, where we had […]
No grandiose sweeping themes for this post, simply a brief fun moment from last week I wanted to share. As this year marks my first autumn away from home, I became painfully aware of the absence of a hallmark of the season, pumpkin pie. I was distraught to learn that not only was pumpkin pie […]