Teaching language to enhance travel, and traveling to explore language!
Sure, adventure is fun, but it’s not always easy to find good opportunities to try something new. I wrote a post several months ago about finding adventure where you live. I still agree with the points I made there, but I want to expand on them a bit in a new post. See, today I…
You might have heard of Inverness because of the show Outlander, where the town serves as one of the main settings. You also might know about it from the Battle of Culloden, where the Jacobite Rebellion fell to the British Government. This battle is also one of the central events of Outlander. You also might…
This week I thought I should talk about more of my recent travels. And since Dublin is a popular travel spot, I want to describe my time there. I’m going to do it in a similar format to my post about Scotland’s Stirling Castle! Day 1: Arrival in Dublin Our initial arrival in Dublin was…
Last week, I talked about the places I currently wish to visit the most. So I thought this week I should do the same thing, but in the opposite direction! I’m gonna talk about my favorite places that I’ve already been to, and why I liked them so much. Maybe it’ll inspire you to go…
I want to do something a little different this week. I’ve been talking a lot about language lately since it’s really easy to talk about when I’m not traveling. But I have plenty of places I’d love to visit, so I thought I’d talk about them! As an anthropologist, many of them (but not all!)…
What is adventure and wanderlust, really? I can tell you one thing: it’s not scrolling through Instagram and spending time in front of a screen. At least, not always. I’ve noticed something that tends to happen to me when I travel, and it revolves around the thing you’re reading this on: screens. Social media has…
When my family and I made our way from Glasgow to Inverness in Scotland, we decided to make what we thought would be a quick stop to check out a cool landmark. We didn’t expect Stirling Castle to be a full-day experience that we had to tear ourselves away from! I’m writing this in more…
Ireland is a country with a rich archaeological history. Many cultures and peoples have made their home on the Emerald Isle, from the Neolithic settlers and the Celts to the Vikings, Normans and English. With such a deep history, there’s a lot for archaeologists and historians to dissect. (And if you’re curious what it’s like…
Bus Tours are a great way to explore Edinburgh. On my recent trip to Ireland and Scotland, I spent two nights in Edinburgh. While looking around for a way to see as much of the city as possible in my short time there, I found these bus tours, and I’m glad I went! There were…
I have been traveling through Ireland and Scotland for the last week. So far, it’s been everything I thought it would be and more! One of my favorite parts of the trip, though, was seeing some of the great coastal wonders of the island, like the Cliffs of Moher and the Giant’s Causeway. Cliffs of…