Historian, Writer, Teacher, Researcher
Well, everyone, the time has come – I’m leaving Edinburgh and heading out on my mega-trip to Europe! You can expect a lot more blog posting here as I visit England, France, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Italy, Continue Reading …
Hello again everyone, it’s been several weeks since I posted last, and more because I couldn’t be bothered than anything else – I have actually been doing a lot of stuff! So hold onto your hats, because this is going Continue Reading …
Culzean Castle So on Saturday, I went with the International Student Centre to their final trip of the semester, to an out-of-the-way 18th-century palace perched atop a cliff on the Ayrshire coast (south of Glasgow), which is surrounded by a Continue Reading …
So yesterday morning I was just minding my own business (specifically watching Rain Man and enjoying having finished classes for the semester) when a friend messages me with an intriguing invitation – would I like to take a free Continue Reading …
Skye and the Highlands Weekend Hello, everyone! It’s time for another scintillating instalment! This weekend, I joined the International Student Centre for an epic trip to sundry parts of the Scottish Highlands. In case this hasn’t made it through already, Continue Reading …
This last week has been Innovative Learning Week, a block of five days where the entire university stops running classes and instead hosts a wide variety of different events from various faculties, schools, and societies that anyone can go to Continue Reading …
Hello, once again! Today myself and a fellow Melbourne student decided to check out a couple of Edinburgh’s more select museums: the Writer’s Museum, located in the Lady Grey Close, and the Bank of Scotland’s Museum on the Mound. Both Continue Reading …
Greetings once again, my stalwart readers! This week I’ve done a couple of touristy things, that you might like to try as well if you come to Edinburgh in the future. So, for your surrogate globetrotting delectation, here are my Continue Reading …
This week has been a flurry of first classes, tourism, and visiting clubs. Enjoy. In terms of classes, I’m taking three, two honours level and one first-year (naturally, as I am a second year): Indian Politics, Second Temple Judaism, and Continue Reading …
The first thing I did after writing my last post was take a walk up Arthur’s Seat, an extinct volcano in an enormous park right near the city centre that offers amazing views across the suburbs; and on the way Continue Reading …
Let me tell you about two churches that I visited on Sunday, the 5th of January. Both were quite close to where I stayed, both called themselves Anglican, but each was very different from the other. The previous night, I Continue Reading …
Saturday was forecast to be dismal and rainy, so I took the opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum, both world-acclaimed and quite close to my accommodation. I left a little early, noticing that pedestrian Continue Reading …
I left the hostel yesterday just before sunrise, and headed up towards the city once again. The National Gallery and adjoining National Portrait Gallery came highly recommended in my handy-dandy guidebook as well as online, so I planned to spend Continue Reading …
And now, for my first overseas post! I have now been in London for just one day, but what a day it’s been. I’ll tell you what, days feel very full when you’re awake at 4am from the jet lag. Continue Reading …