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April 2017: On the 2nd week of first year, I decided to go along with one of my friends, Holly, to the give it a go session of kayaking. I'd done canoeing before, but never kayaking with the full spray guard, wet suit and life jacket. I looked like a legit kayaker from that. Little did I know that I would be full on kayaking in the North Sea. One check off the list. In addition to kayaking in the sea, I was a little hesitant when the group leader led us to a little alcove by the pier and we ended up playing kayak polo (which was super fun until someone threw the ball over my head, I reached for it and I capsized). (But, on the plus side, I ended up meeting an awesome Norwegian girl, Thea, when I capsized). Update 2 years later, Thea is still amazing and I occasionally kayaked in the North Sea as a study break. Hiking the coastal path was more my thing. ---- If you need to, keep time on me...Fleet Foxes, Crack-Up, 2017 -----
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In the wood

I'm up in the woods, I'm down on my mind. I'm building a sill, to slow down the time. ~ Bon Iver, visa Malmö slott, 14.06.19
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First Scottish train journey (hopefully of many!)

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Hey all,  I have been so so so busy over the past few days getting things for Uni like lamps, storage boxes and pillows that I've forgotten to blog! But never fear, here I am again :)  The wonderful thing about having the blogger app on my phone is that I can basically blog from anywhere I have wifi or cell service. Currently, I'm on a train rumbling up the beautiful Scottish coast to a town called Inverness (which may be familiar to you because its featured in the Outlander novel/TV series on the Starz channel in the States. haha I'm going up there to visit a friend before Uni starts in 2 days. ahhhhh! Inverness is approximately 156 miles north of Edinburgh (about 3 hours and 10 minutes by car and 4 by train). I'm taking the train because my parents didn't want to drive all that way for me to just go overnight and plus, the train gets closer to the coast than cars can so you get awesome Scottish views (and free Wifi!). My train from Edinburgh to Inverness and back ...
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The Great British Arrival 🇬🇧

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Hi everyone, I'm sorry that I haven't posted in the last couple of days, but I've been so so so busy traveling and moving from city to city. Right now I'm in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and just this morning I was in a lovely little town called Grantham .  Wayyyy before we arrived in Grantham, we had such a time getting into the UK cause of several snaffus, mostly because of the veterinarian, whom we went to in France for Kai's pet passport. In his passport, Dr. Tre-Hardy put the date that she completed his passport and NOT the date that he had his microchip implanted, which is what she was supposed to do. And because of this screw up, when we went to check Kai into the passport check, one of the employees had told me in a mix of broken english and french, that we would have hat to go back to the original doctor and have her change the passport date herself. But, that in itself was a major issue because we were in Calais and Dr.Tre-Hardy was an 8 hour drive back to Tarbes,...
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Traveling thoughts

There is just something so peaceful about traveling alone. You just have to take care of your belongings and only yours. If you want to zone out and have your own space if you want. You are free to go at your own pace, weither that be like a snail or a lightning bolt. 
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Change in scenery

Today, I regretfully left my host family to start on my journey north to Scotland. I experienced so many awesome and surprizing this week that I can't even begin to discribe. I really began to feel French this week. From visiting several châteaus to eating jambon and camabert sandwiches for lunch, a bunch of times this week, I really was immerced in the la vie francaise. I definitely feel that my French has gotten better just by speaking it non-stop. They consistantly helped me through my language hiccups and were always patient. Tu me manque deja. ❤️
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Reve des couleurs

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Tonight as we finished our dinner at a local Japanese restaurant in Riems, I heard the faint sound of church music. Being the curious person I am, I had to check it out. The music actually turned out to be part of a light show against the cathedral in Riems. It was a wonderful, beautiful suprise. I took some video of it but I can't attach it :(  One of the displays on the cathedral. 
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