Learning to Adult: The Cooking Edition

This morning I made breakfast. Before I was finished making the most perfect poached egg, I burned my entire left hand with a bowl full of breakfast beans and spilled the contents of the bowl all over my entire kitchen. Oh, and I broke my only plate. Spilling the entire contents of my breakfast beans was…

Oktoberfest: A Distant Memory

This past weekend, I traveled to Munich to attend a beer festival known as the Oktoberfest.   Maybe you’ve heard of it… Okay, of course you’ve heard of it. Basically, it was the best weekend ever, and I cannot wait to tell you all about my time there. So, what are we waiting for? (Or, what am…

Getting Acclimated: Freshers’ Week and Terrible Pictures of the Amazing Highlands

Well, I’ve certainly done a lot since my first post. So, I guess I’ll go over the big highlights from the last 7 days: Freshers’ Week (in a nutshell) and my trip to the Highlands. Freshers’ Week: You may not know this, but the word “freshmen” is often replaced with “freshers” for first year students at…

My First Few Days Across the Pond

As many of you know, I am studying at the University of Edinburgh this fall. I’m creating this blog to document all of the good times, lessons, and even embarrassments I either already have experienced, or soon will, during my time in Edinburgh, Scotland. So, let’s get started. Today is Sunday, and I’ve been in Edinburgh since…