Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
“Why Loch Ness?” is a question I got from many Scots I spoke with before my trip. The answer was a resounding, “Oh that’s right, you’re American.” Of course it should have been, “monsters, duh!” The possibility of monsters is what attracted me to Loch Ness in the first place, but after hearing time and…
Judge away, I know it makes me the most basic of American tourists, but I couldn’t go to Scotland with out visiting Loch Ness! The unpronounceable (for me) town of Drumnadrochit in the Scottish Highlands boasts not one, but two monster hunting museums on Loch Ness! ~The Loch Ness Centre & Exhibition~ The Loch Ness…
Here in the U.S., as in most places, we don’t usually drive sober on the left side of the road. One can argue the validity of both ways (Left v. right, not sober v. drunk. We are all pretty united on the latter), but I think this map speaks for itself. The red countries drive…
What’s the first thing you think of when you think of Amsterdam? Maybe it’s the many cultural attractions like the Anne Frank House, the Van Gogh Museum, or Rijksmuseum? Maybe it’s entire stores full of cheese? Maybe, but probably not. Don’t get me wrong, those are great, but admit it, you’ve been at least…
During my recent trip to Europe, I finally got to visit Germany. Of course due to some inconveniences with the trains largely caused by my lack of organizational skills I was only able to spend 4 and a half hours there. In spite of the frustrating set backs, I took the train from Utrecht to…
It’s no secret the Europe is expensive and the dollar is not our friend abroad. There are lots of great museums and cultural attractions to be seen in Brussels, and you could honestly spend weeks there and not see it all, but my favorite things do see in Brussels are absolutely free (or pretty close…
Never has the term “museum” been used so loosely. This is either a really terrible museum or a really great bar depending on your attitude. I’m a beer drinker, and everyone knows the Belgians know their way around a brew. So, naturally when I read the description of the Belgian Brewers Museum in my…
This isn’t going to be some long thought out post, but I was so excited by my latest discovery of Tui Fly that I needed to share. If you’ve read my post in the past, you know how much I love a low cost European carrier. I’ve flown them to the U.K. and Scandinavia, and…
I appreciate any society that values the arts and art in Oslo is alive and well. I’ve mentioned a little about growing up in Franklin, TN on here before. I grew up in a very artistic household in what I would consider a relatively oppressive society by western standards, though everyone there would strongly disagree…
Two and a half days anywhere is hardly enough to experience a city, but unfortunately due to my American amount of allowable time off work its all I had. It probably a good thing though, any longer and I would have to sell a kidney to pay for my food there. I do feel like…
