solo traveller perfecting her selfie one destination at a time
Barra, a tiny island at the lower tip of the Outer Hebrides island chain, on the west coast of Scotland, has an interesting airport with a fun fact: it’s single runway is actually the beach. Barra’s beach airport is the only beach airport with regularly scheduled flights. There are only two flights in per day,…
how about a great homemade video on walking up to the callanish stones? it’s magical.
this video got featured on the historic scotland twitter page (yay!) last year. it does a pretty good job of showing off all of the remaining standing stones (it’s also on my instagram ;))
it’s late afternoon by the time i pedal up to the entrance to the ring of brodgar. i could see it for a mile ahead of me though, as i bicycled through along the tiny two lane road that cuts across the main island of orkney. it’s massive standing stones were a beacon on the…
in may, i ticked another stone circle (actually 3) off my list: the callanish stones, on the isle of lewis, outer hebrides, scotland. one of the more elaborate stone circles i’ve seen, callanish I (as opposed to II and III) is laid out in a celtic cross shape and boasts about 50 stones, some more…
The plane breaks through the clouds and suddenly the hills are ahead of me, green and barren at the same time. Fir trees dot some of the hills, others are as bare as a rock. Lochs wind lazily through the glens, adding to the mysterious nature of the country. Already I feel its pull, drawing…
given the choice between going straight to scotland or spending a day in reykjavik, the adventurous side of me will always choose the layover. i began my day with a walking tour of the city, led by a recent history graduate and reykjavik local. i didn’t know what to expect, but i was not disappointed…
{ring of brodgar, orkney, scotland} i thought it would be fun to read through my last year’s worth of posts and pick out some of the best/some of the most popular… and obviously some that i just LIKE, because, well, i like ’em and i wrote ’em. so, here’s a rundown of the best of…
I don’t know if you can see the changes that have come over meIn these last few days I’ve been afraid that I might drift awaySo I’ve been telling old stories, singing songs, that make me think about where I come fromThat’s the reason why I seem so far away today Let me tell you…
sometimes, its so much easier to whip out your iphone than it is to fumble with the lens on your camera. sometimes, if you do try to whip out your massive camera, you miss the perfect shot. sometimes, it’s more practical to use the iphone, like on an airplane. plus, the iphone can do panos. …