To say that the last week has flown by would be quite the understatement. I feel as though the train ride from London to Paris was the first time we really sat down and relaxed all week. It started with me arriving in London first and getting off at the wrong tube stop causing me to have a long walk through not the most comforting area. This led to me being about 40 minutes late to meet the friend of the girl whose apartment we were staying at with air bnb.. W...

I suppose the blog title is slightly misleading because my first stop on the journey was actually Wales. Had a couple nights exploring within the country's capital of Cardiff. Two notable sights included the castle which came with an actual moat surrounding and a very touching tribute in the Bay Area. I walked by and caught a glimpse of the clearly still active memorial and read the words, "for what he did to save the children." Slightly confused I looked to ...

After making it to Edinburgh still sick, I planned on doing the exact same thing I had a week before, take it easy by having some soup and watching a movie. This obviously has yet to work as once again 5 days later as I'm typing this I'm still blowing my nose... (tmi?) Anyways I wasn't going to let a little sickness stop me from exploring so the next morning I set out to do some shopping and explore the sights. Little did I know I was about to encounter possib...

Well, I have to say that thinking my flight to Dublin was scary (and possibly the worst I'd encounter) was a big mistake. I encountered a whole new type of aircraft heading to Scotland, one with propellers on the outside of the plane! The fact that they were packing about 80 people onto this toy looking craft was enough to have my heart beating out of my chest for the better part of the 30 minute flight. Luckily it wasn't any longer or I might not have been abl...