I am an architectural designer living and working in the Seattle area. This blog is used to document my travels around the world.
(Sorry for the delay. Life is crazy busy right now!)
For the next two days, we travelled all over the Isle of Skye. Climbed many hills, walked many paths, explored many castles. Be sure to check out my Flickr account for hundreds of photos from this trip.
Perhaps one of the greatest parts […]
First stop on our three day tour of the Scottish Highlands was the city of Sterling… more specifically the William Wallace Memorial. In hindsight, this was my favorite stop on the whole tour! Grandma and I climbed to the top. The whole place was very Lord of the Rings - esque.
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After we tackled much of Old Town yesterday, today was all about Prince’s Street. I had already been there many of times so I didn’t take many pictures. We did visit the National Gallery which was new for me but they didn’t allow photography inside so not much to see.
We then finished the part […]
Mother and Grandmother came to visit! They arrived the afternoon before Easter Sunday.
We first went to the Royal Ettrick Hotel… about three blocks away from my flat. The room was very tall with three beds even though there were only two of ‘em. The advertised price of the room in the lobby was 150 pounds […]
Today we had a field trip! We visited the Glenkinchie Distillery… where they make whiskey. And because we are in Scotland… it isnt’ whiskey… its Scotch!
We took two big buses full of people about a half hour outside of Edinburgh. We walked through the distillery… and walked around the grounds… and came home. I was […]
Last week was both heaven and hell.
Thursday: We had our first crits with our new project. One on one with the professor. I presented my ideas, and he really liked them. Plus he gave me great ideas on how to proceed. Radically different from the direction I originally was going to take. But we […]