Category: 2010 Journal
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2010 Journal – Chapter 14
Loch NessHappened May 3rd 2010, writing on May 5th 2010Inverness, Scotland So on Monday I took the train from Stirling in straight shot to Inverness and arrived about 1:30 for a one night stay. I was damn determined as well to make it out to see Loch Ness a bit…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 13
May 2nd 2010 (Only one month left)Doune, Scotland I am now in Stirling, Scotland another very old city with a deep past mainly which is of William Wallace. My hostel is even called the “Willy Wallace Hostel”. Though I am in Stirling I will not have the time to see…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 12
The Ash Cloud of 2010 required several changes of plans during my travels. Around April 30, 2010 I thought I had a new schedule that was good to go, but in reality life had other plans and 19-year-old me got swept up in the romance of new meetings. As a…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 11
Edinburgh, Scotland was by far the most unexpected wonder I had ever experienced. I had seen photos of Edinburgh, but I never expected to make it out of a train station and be confronted with the most epic city I have ever seen. Even to this day I don’t know…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 10
Framlingham Castle and York Wednesday April 28th 2010Norfolk day twoand York on the fly! Yesterday was my last day in the lovely little town of Diss in Norfolk. The Flynn’s took me out to see Framlingham Castle in the area south of Norwich, Suffolk. The castle is really more the…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 9
April 27th, 2010Diss, England I have now left the city and I’m making my loop of the main land U.K.. This is of course due to the volcanic ash cloud that left me in Germany about a week longer than planned, however I feel extremely happy about what I did…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 8
First bite of LondonApril 25th 2010London, England Yesterday (Saturday) morning was my last few hours of Stuttgart, Germany. Which I was actually a little sad to leave, I had grown quite fond of the small city and the lovely Godwin-Butlers. So it was a little sad to leave but I…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 7
April 22nd, 2010Stuttgart, Germany Yesterday Carol took me to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in the Bavaria region which is very close to Stuttgart. When Carol told me about this I asumed it would be like ruins, or some old sections of the wall that were still there and taken over.Though…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 6
Firsts are an important event in ones life. For me, a history geek, my first castle was something I will always remember. Many people associate castles with the British Isles. Rightfully so, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Northern Ireland all are home to some pretty amazing castles. However, those fantastical…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 5
Everyone remembers their first beet fest. Or you remember a lot of it until you are several beers deep. Everyone also remembers random encounters with people when they’re single. Mario was mine. Really the only one that holds a mystical sense for me. He was the only one that wasn’t…