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Nomadic Matt and COVID-19
Austin-based travel writer and New York Times bestselling author, Matt Kepnes, shares his COVID-19 experience. “Hey everybody! Greetings from inside my apartment,” Matthew Kepnes, a world traveler — and fellow Austinite —begins in an Instagram…
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Day 23: Going Home
June, 27, 2018 I woke up at 5am and having mostly already packed the night before, I put my last few supplies in my suitcase, made sure my souvenirs were secured, and then…
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Day 22: Visiting the Peace Walls of Belfast
Having grown up in this day and age in America, I feel like I have grown up in a country of blissful ignorance. In school, we were taught Texas History, US History, and…
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Day 21: Game of Thrones Tour Day 2
If I wasn’t already a Game of Thrones fan, I definitely was after that first day of the tour. It was so cool to see some of the places where the actors had…
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Day 18: Chocolate Films in Glasgow
I woke up to find Camden, asleep under the covers in her bed, and Madison just as asleep but on top of the comforter. I laughed, got ready, made sure Camden was awake…
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Day 16: Oban Distillery & Glasgow
I think the professors or whomever planned the trip put this day here on purpose, and for that I was slightly amused and thoroughly grateful. The day after we hiked a mountain, we…
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Day 15: Ben. Nevis.
Tuesday June 19, 2018 SPOILER: I made it up and down the mountain in one piece. Are my knees throbbing? Yes. Am I sunburned? Absolutely. Was it worth it? Yes, only because I…
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Day 14: Fairy Pools in the Isle of Skye
Monday, June 28, 2018 For some reason, I wake up before everyone else on this trip. A lot of the time I was the first one down to breakfast eating alone. These were…
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Day 13: Hiking The Old Man of Storr & The Quiraing
Sunday, June 17, 2018 I have learned very quickly that hostels are not my favorite. Maybe it was just the bad memory of my corrupted 4Tb hard drive, but the Portree Youth Hostel…
