After a good night’s sleep, we got to a slow start with some lazy but filling breakfast. Since it was poor weather for hiking, we decided to instead visit some local towns, including one of the many castles in the region. While these castles are not the behemoths you might expect, they were still functional […]
Having completed my thesis at the end of July, I was left with a week with which to relax and pack for my return home. I chose to spend four of those days visiting my friend Philip at his home in the Italian Alps. Though technically I was in Italy, the region is primarily German […]
Despite all the time I have spent in Cambridge, I have failed to make the time to go over the visit our archrival Oxford, until now. Luckily I was not alone, for the rainy 3-4 hour bus ride there and back can get quite boring by myself. Upon arrival in Oxford my friend Suzan and […]
So as I alluded to on Sunday, a lot has happened between leaving London and arriving in Cambridge. To summarize my journey in brief, I traveled to Edale via Manchester to start hiking the Pennine Way, England’s oldest National Trail. From there I hiked 16 miles to Crowden to spend the night, and another 11 […]
As I mentioned yesterday, there are certain advantages to living in a real family home. One disadvantage however is the morning chaos when everyone is getting ready for the day. After saying bye to my nephews and eating a quiet breakfast, I waited for my cousin to hastily get ready do he could drop my […]
Normally a ten hour flight to London is something to balk at, but after traveling to Okinawa during school, and giving up a whole semester to make that 18 hour flight to Australia, this flight seemed rather mundane. In an almost poetic fashion, my Hindu meal was Chicken Tikka Masala, a national favorite in the […]