T̶w̶o̶ One p̶e̶r̶p̶e̶t̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶a̶t̶s̶ immigrant settling into home country number five.
When one has a sense of humor such as mine, one cannot simply walk by a display such as this. No, one must acquire said item, try it, and blog about it for posterity. Especially when it’s half off, by golly. I mean, could you resist cheap spotted dick?
One of the only things I knew about Edinburgh before I landed here was that it has a castle. And indeed it does, way up on a hill in the middle of town. I’d heard it can get quite crowded, being Edinburgh’s most popular tourist attraction, but lucky for us that’s not true on a cold, snowy day in January.
Other hit songs of the evening included “I can be your haggis, baby,” “Like a haggis (touched for the very first time),” and the very popular “(can’t read my, can’t read my, can’t a-read-a-my) Haggis Face.” Neeps and tatties* were mentioned in there somewhere, too. What’s your favorite song about haggis? —- * Neeps and … Read more
New year, new place. We’re spending most of January in Scotland, and I couldn’t be more excited.
Surprisingly, there isn’t an official fireworks display in Munich for New Year’s, even though it was probably the most fireworks I had ever seen on a single occasion.
Happy 2011.
Every morning in the Faroe Islands we woke up to a stunning sunrise over Tórshavn, the capital city (if you can call a 3-traffic-light town a ‘city’). The view from the breakfast room at Hotel Føroyar is hard to beat.
Congratulations to Bob Kozan, the winner of the Faroe Islands goody bag giveaway (including, among other things, a very swank puffin lapel pin). Bob, keep an eye out for an email from me so we can arrange delivery of your prize. Many thanks to all of you who entered. I loved reading about your favorite … Read more
Hey look, a post by Scott!
As part of our trip to the Faroe Islands, we were treated to a one-day nature excursion run by CoastZone North Atlantic. When we got up that morning we had no idea what to expect. The first hint that it would be more than a simple hike came when one of our travel companions was told that her boots were inadequate and she was offered a pair to borrow.
Our head guide, Eyðun, had worked for several years as police officer in the Faroe Islands and looked the part.
