The Best View in Edinburgh

This morning I looked out the window and found an astonishing miracle — the sun. I didn’t even know what to do with myself. In a last minute decision, one of my new hostel roommates and I decided to pack up our stuff and hike to the top of Arthur’s...

Casually Crying in Edinburgh’s Botanical Garden

Good news: I found a fellow breakfast smoothie drinker in Edinburgh. AND: he has a blender! I am now in a verbal contract with him. At 8am we meet in the hostel kitchen to make smoothies. I provide the fruit, he provides the blender. Win, win. This is going to be a...

Another Travel Day, Another Train

And would you look at that – another travel day. It was time for me to say goodbye to charming Whitby and continue onwards to Edinburgh. My Airbnb was a peaceful haven exactly when I needed it. In the midst of hostel living, sometimes it’s nice to escape...