Day: 44 Km travelled: 547.16km Steps: 14,932 Location: Northern Ireland, UK October 22, 2017 The Emerald Isle is technically made up of two countries: The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom. In a previous post, I mentioned that ‘Ireland’ gained its independence from Great Britain in 1922, Read More
Day: 43 Km travelled: 730.06 km Steps: 14,932 Location: County Clare (Ireland) October 22, 2017 Ireland has plenty to offer and luckily, much of it is easily reachable in a day. Whenever I met anyone to had visited Ireland, they all recommended The Cliffs of Moher as a must-visit site. Every. Single. One. That’s how Read More
Day: 40 Km travelled: 4.39km Steps: 10 861 Location: Dublin October 19, 2017 Don’t be afraid of the dark.— Good things come to those who wait. — Not for the faint of tongue. These are all popular slogans advertising the quintessential Irish beer: Guinness. Guinness is more than a beer in Ireland, it’s a culture, an Read More
Day: 39 Km Travelled: 421.3 km Steps: 13 175 Location: Dublin, Ireland October 18th, 2017 After a magical time in Scotland, I was highly anticipating my stay in the Emerald Isle and its capital was the perfect place to start! The River Liffey was once the north-south division of the city; the Northside was generally seen Read More
Day: 35 Km travelled: 106.27 km Steps: 19,618 (current record!) Location: Edinburgh (part 2; it was a long day!) October 14th, 2017 (continued) I couldn’t leave Edinburgh before visiting one more sight that I had long wished to see: the Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia (H.M.Y. Britannia) Built in Scotland in the early 1950’s, the ship was Read More
Day: 35 Km travelled: 106.27km Steps: 19,618 (current record!) Location: Edinburgh October 14th, 2017 Edinburgh has been the capital of Scotland since the 15th century. It is located on the Firth of Forth’s southern shore (I just included this fact because I like the name ‘Firth of Forth’…. say that 3 times fast!). It is Read More
Day: 34 Km travelled: 695.64km Steps: 11,930 October 13th, 2017 No foray into the wilds of The Highlands is complete without partaking in a hunt for its most famous resident: The Loch Ness Monster. Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in The Highlands of Scotland. It is one of a series of interconnected, murky Read More
Day:33 Km travelled: 500km Steps: 10,276 October 12th, 2017 The Scottish Highlands have so much to offer that its impossible to take it all in with only 1 day. Therefore, my second day in the place of the Gaels was spent exploring the western coast. GLENFINNAN Located midway between the towns of Mallaig & Fort William ( Read More
Day: 32 Km travelled: 155 km Steps:11,444 Location: The Highlands, Scotland October 11th, 2017 Fàilte!It means ‘welcome’ in Scot Gaelic and that’s exactly the sentiment that’s evoked when entering the Highlands. A historic region of Scotland, The Highlands are an area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, effectively dividing the country in two. It Read More
Day: 30-31 Km Travelled: 674.76km Steps: 20 322 Location: Glasgow, Scotland October 9th-10th, 2017 Three cheers for cheap European flights! For less than the price of a meal at a restaurant, I flew from London, England to Glasgow, Scotland. An hour bus ride later and I arrived to my tartan-themed room after dark (I Read More