A few weeks ago we packed our bags, hopped in a truck with our best friends Pamela and Finn, and headed to Trinity for the weekend. I just recently found out that there are two Trinitys in Newfoundland, and it’s really important to specify which one you’re in when you have to call an ambulance […] Read more…
CONTINUED… At the train station I bought some food and then helped a pigeon with one leg find his way back outside. When it was closer to boarding time I looked around for my train but could not find it. I asked for assistance and a gentleman told me that my train was not going […] Read more…
(For Adam) We said our goodbyes to Edinburgh on a Monday. If we weren’t going to be late for our train because we got lost trying to find “the steps Ewan McGregor ran down in that one scene in Trainspotting” I would have longingly gazed out over Old Town and openly wept as I said […] Read more…
Chapter One: Ryan Air? More like Ryan Blair…Witch Project! Okay that is a stretch. I’m basically trying to come up with an evil name for Ryan Air but I’m not good at it. Technically the Edinburgh portion of my travelogue begins in Dublin, where we boarded our first Ryan Air flight. This was probably the […] Read more…
Anyone with a chronic illness knows the importance of getting enough sleep. It gives your tired, aching body a chance to recover and to reinvent itself for the next day. Anyone with a chronic illness who decides it’s a great idea to go on a two-week backpacking trip probably also knows the importance of getting […] Read more…
In anticipation of my exciting trip to Ireland and the UK tomorrow, I found myself at a local bookstore perusing the “literary travel” section. I was looking for a funny book about traveling. Okay, to be more specific, I was looking for a funny book written by a down-on-her-luck, clumsy young woman who travels to […] Read more…
I have a chronic illness. I also happen to love travelling and have been doing so in abundance this past year. I have been on approximately thirty-five flights in the last year between business and leisure. In the beginning of my travel-spree I not only ignored the fact that I have a chronic illness, I […] Read more…