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Scotland the Brave (and loch-y): Glasgow, Glencoe, Loch Ness, and the Highlands

January 19, 2012

(for a refresher, Scotland, Part 1,Scotland, Part 2,Scotland, Part 3 ) We are finally in Glasgow!  Nothing says welcome to Glasgow like Failte gu Sraid na Banrighinn! (by the way, I have lots of thoughts on why more Scottish people should speak Gaelic, but I’ll leave my demands that the Scottish find their own personal Ben Yehuda to whip everyone into shape for another post and for now will only link to this weather report in Gaelic, which I’ve been watching at ...

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Travel is my religion (so is really terrible amateur photography)

December 26, 2011

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine Wow.  Where do I start about our vacation to the England and Scotland last week? I love to travel, and I live to travel.  Planning travel is a pain in the ass and makes me really stressed out, but the moment when I see the US disappearing below me is when I am at my happiest.  Being on an airplane, on a train, ...

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Things I hate about Europe

December 21, 2011

We are currently on vacation in The UK (or in queue, as they say here) and will be back soon. I am sure you will be subject to at least two weeks of blog posts about it, but in the meantime, a list! -European bathrooms -European socialism -the fact that everyone has normal chip-based credit cards here and I look like a moron with my American dinosaur -the metric system -24 hour time -Celsius -the fact that Monday is the ...

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Vicki’s Travel Guide to Boston for the Temporarily Unemployed and Anxious

August 21, 2011

Two weeks ago I quit my old job, with many of the same feelings as I did the last time I quit to move to Philadelphia.  The position was perfect for the months I was in it, but it was time for a new challenge. I start my new, shiny, exciting job tomorrow.  And grad school starts on Wednesday. And between all of this, we were still visiting Mr. B’s grandmother, who is recovering from serious surgery, in physical therapy, ...

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Las Vegas Means Eating, Drinking, and Discussing the Nevada Real Estate Bubble

March 2, 2011

Las Vegas is for bachelor parties. Las Vegas is for ribaldry. Las Vegas is for sitting in you-sized high heels. Las Vegas is not for people who spend half an hour trying to figure out if there is an architectural tour of Las Vegas and then watching CNN to find out what the hell is going on in Libya. Or why, despite the housing bubble, people are still flocking to Las Vegas. Or whether the people hanging out the stripper ...

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