Pictures will have to wait a bit longer, as the hostel computer is not cooperating very well. I am quite excited to finally have made it to Scottland. Yesterday I had a fantastic encounter with some Daleks before heading around Cardiff Bay. I ended the night at a local pub that was having an open mic night. I spent most of today in transit. At times I almost forgot I was 4,000 miles from home. The English countryside looks much like the landscape of Daviess Co...

Greetings from Cardiff! I finally made it to the United Kingdom today, only to get stranded. Ok stranded is kind of a strong word. I'm looking at the situation as a partially funded bonus vacation. The flight over was long and I'm not sure I could have taken 8 more hours in the air. Last night we were finally cleared to take off from Newark after a few delays and a possible cancellation. Once in the plane we got backed up during the taxi and had to sit on the pl...

In just a few days I will once again be off to explore a new corner of the globe. There is one new feature the blog people have added this year, post comments. Now instead of posting messages and comments on the "message board", you can post your comments at the bottom of the blog post you are reading. I will try to post at least once a week while I'm gone. Bernard told me that I should have time every couple days to walk into the city to an interne...

"Being in Ghana will change your life." "You will never be the same when you come home!" Lately, everyone who learns about my upcoming trip to Ghana is excited to tell me how different my life will be after the trip. Or even tell me how different I will be. I do not doubt these statements to be valid, because I feel like a transformation began many weeks ago when I got the BIG envelope from Lilly Endowment out of my mailbox. Over the la...

Ok I'm not dead, nor did I run off to New Zealand with Chris (not saying it didn't cross my mind). We both lived through Amsterdam, though I think we might have had just about as much fun as possible. We managed to see the new Harry Potter movie which was really fun until I freaked out and dumped skittles all over the place. For those who have seen it... isn't the cave part freaky! Once we touched down in London we both hit the ground running in different direct...