This was definately my favorite day of my whole time over in Europe (and probably of my life!). I was in Scotland, which already made it a great day, but I got to visit the Eilean Donan Castle (I have wanted to visit it since I lived in the Netherlands). Ross had sketched me a picture of it for his first Christmas present for me, so it was even more special that we got to go see it together. Jen, Joe, Matt, Kristen, Ross and I first went to the Visitor Center to see if we could go across the [View Full Entry]

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After Stirling, we made our way past the Scottish midlands and through the highlands to Culrain. The jagged small mountains were gorgeous - I think Ross' favorite scenery so far. I think people were realizing why Scotland is my favorite place on earth :). We saw some elk, but had no Scottish Highland cattle sightings just yet. It was really cool to go more North than I had been, and it seemed to just get prettier. Sadly it got dark before we reached our destination for the night: Carbisdale Castle. It truely was the best and neatest hostel I had [View Full Entry]

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Stirling Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Stirling By lgh5000 March 15th 2007The day after Jen's arrival, we started our 2 day treck in Scotland (my favorite place in the world). We rented a VW minivan (mind you, European vans are MUCH smaller than American ones), and fit the 6 of u [View Full Entry]

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Jen's Arrival Europe » United Kingdom » England » Yorkshire » Leeds By lgh5000 March 14th 2007Jennifer, her husband Joe, and their two friends, Matt and Kristin, came to visit over their Spring Break. [View Full Entry]

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York Europe » United Kingdom » England » Yorkshire » York By lgh5000 March 13th 2007The following Tuesday Ross and I took a bus to York for the day. We had great weather, and enjoyed walking around the [View Full Entry]

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Ingleton Europe » United Kingdom » England » Yorkshire » Ingleton By lgh5000 March 10th 2007 Ross arrived early morning on his birthday to Manchester. After fish and chips on the way home, we arrive [View Full Entry]

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Skipton Europe » United Kingdom » England » Yorkshire » Skipton By lgh5000 March 3rd 2007 After our hike on the Ilkley moors, we took a bus to Skipton. If anyone has watched Calendar Girls before, so [View Full Entry]

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Ilkley Europe » United Kingdom » England » Yorkshire » Ilkley By lgh5000 March 3rd 2007The following Saturday my dad and I started out in Ilkley. We walked around the town a bit, and then had an almos [View Full Entry]

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Durham Europe » United Kingdom » England » Durham » Durham By lgh5000 March 2nd 2007My Dad came to visit, and our first trip was to Durham. It was a really cute city, with cobblestone winding streets. :) Sa [View Full Entry]

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Today I got back from a fantastic Church retreat near the Lake District. I met a lot of nice people, learned a lot from speaker Pete Gaskell and the Bible, and witnessed some of the most breathtaking views I've seen yet. The rugged scenery is absolutely gorgeous - this is the reason I decided to study in northern England - and I'm so glad that I was able to see this country side my first weekend after classes :) I will be adding pictures bit by bit, because the internet I use in my flat limits how much I can upload [View Full Entry]

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