Passing Through York

Should we refer to it as Old York?

 Posted on October 10, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  509 words  |  Mollie Glovinsky

For whatever reason, it was challenging to find a semi-affordable Airbnb in Paris. We had found a nice one and attempted to book it for four nights but the owner rejected our booking because he was "looking for someone to rent it for longer." _Have you ever heard of that before!?_ It was a bummer since we were no longer certain we'd have a place to go in Paris. Thankfully we eventually found another decent place, but it was only available starting the night after we left Stirling, meaning we had to find a place for the night in between. [Read More]
Once Was Enough (DWNTGB)  Europe  United Kingdom  Travel 

Terror in the UK

Driving against your brain

 Posted on October 4, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  831 words  |  Ryan and Mollie

Mollie’s Take Bravely (or foolishly) Ryan opted to rent a car for our Scottish adventure, and took full responsibility for driving it the entire time. It might have been easier, but to save money, he opted for a manual transmission… in the UK- where you both drive on the left hand side and change gears with your left hand. Oh, and the turn signal is also still on the left. [Read More]
United Kingdom  Europe  Short  Travel 

The Scottish Highlands

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North...

 Posted on October 4, 2019  |  11 minutes  |  2262 words  |  Mollie Glovinsky

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. Robert Burns (Map from [Lonely Planet](https://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/scotland/)) The Highlands are the part of Scotland generally referring to the area North of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Our trip took us from Edinburg, to Glasgow, to Lull, to Oban, to Skye, to Inverness, and then to Stirling to finish it up. [Read More]
Take Us Back (DWNTGB)  Travel  Europe  Scotland  United Kingdom 

Glasgow

A modern Scotland

 Posted on September 16, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  456 words  |  Mollie Glovinsky

I seem to have a problem- everywhere we go, I decide I could live there. This rule held up in Glasgow! It is such a vibrant city, full of activity; and has such nice people. It was seriously quite amazing how open and friendly people were. We were taking a selfie outside of a restaurant and a security guard offered to take the picture for us. He then took multiple pictures, asked where we were visiting from, then gave us a bunch of information about the area and recommended going around the corner to Ashton Lane, where the picture above was taken. [Read More]
Take Us Back (DWNTGB)  Travel  Scotland  Europe  United Kingdom