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Walking back from Urquhart Castle, a short walk from the town of Drumnadrochit, I passed a man who realized how foreign I was and told me he was the Loch Ness Monster. After a short conversation I realized he was pleasantly developmentally disabled and unfortunately was not a monster. We chatted [...]

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I’m now in Madrid staying at a hostel voted number one in the world… a converted 18th century Spanish Villa with a marble fountain in the center covered by a stunning stained glass ceiling. The basement cave has free internet access and live music on Fridays, and the massive speakers [...]

I’m almost at the 2 month mark, and it looks like I just passed the 6,000 unique visitors mark for this travel blog thing. Thanks for reading. Grazie, tag, gracias, chin chin, cheers, and whatnot.

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If this is the first time you’ve heard the words Peak and Oil together, it’s time you read this [...]

Because I’ve cemented the next month or so, I thought I’d throw my itinerary up here in case anyone wants to meet up:
November 10th through 15th: Inverness, Scotland
Nov 15th through 22: Barcelona then Madrid, Spain
Nov 22nd through 28th: Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov 28th through Dec 13th: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dec 13th through the 18th: Budapest Hungary
Dec 18th - [...]

Countries are fun. Here are some first impressions from the 6 countries I’ve sauntered through so far:
England:
Politeness. Every single construction site I walked by in London, Brighton, and York had a sign that read something like this: Dear Neighbor, Please excuse the scaffolding and the noise. Our working hours are 0900-1700. If you have [...]