An ad seen upon landing in Scotland.
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Posts from ‘March, 2009’
Travel to Scotland
Today we left my parents’ house, said goodbye to the grandparents and travelled toward our destination in Scotland. As seems to be the usual case, packing took significantly longer than I’d expected (hoped?) but we got on the road only 4 hours later than planned.
Our friend Melissa brought us to the airport in Washington, D.C. [...]
Travel quotes
“We travel not to leave our homes, but to leave our habits” – Francis Weaver
“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” — Andre Gide
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you [...]
Audiobooks
Some people have wondered what we do in the car. Sometimes we just look at the scenery, sometimes we talk and sometimes we do math and spelling drills, among other academic things. But on the long hauls (the other day we drove for 9 hours), we most often listen to audio books. It’s sometimes a [...]