Edinburgh

National Monument of Scotland

    It really does feel like yesterday that I was catching a train in Glasgow to head over to Edinburgh. And now my Edinburgh experience is over and I’m sitting at a desk, in a house in Manchester. Time really does fly. Edinburgh was certainly a different experience than any other I’ve had so far.

Six Months

    

Papas Fish & Chips-Cleethorpes

    It’s been 6 months since I got on a plane in Austin in November 2024. I’ve been to 4 countries and a host of cities. I’ve met a lot of people and have taken many photographs. I’m currently in Edinburgh in a workaway situation at Barton Bunker which is RAF Barton Quarry-Edinburgh’s Nuclear Bunker. You can read about the place here. Right now there are about 17 volunteers here from places as far away as Chile, Mumbai, Australia and of course Texas. It’s certainly interesting. And volunteering for something like this and meeting the people I have met here is one of the reasons I wanted to do this adventure in the first place. This is only my second workaway. Most of my time has been pet sitting. Since my last blog about Paris and London, way back in the beginning of April, I’ve mostly been in the Midlands, UK.

I'm a Traveller

The English Channel at St Leonards-on-Sea

    In 2005, in Paris, while sitting at a cafe, I wrote to my friend on the back of a postcard that I had to move here. I was completely enamored with the city. I’m sure that is a sentiment a lot of people have. Not just with Paris but any place you might be on vacation. Everything is new to you. And the grass is always greener. I did not move to Paris then. But now, almost 20 years later, I’m stepping out for a completely new experience which, initially, will take me to Europe and Paris.