Tag: Scotland

• Exploring Edinburgh, Scotland | Holly Goes Abroad

  The time has finally come to share my Big Big Trip adventures (AKA the two-week trip my friend from Wheaton and I took around Europe during our spring break). After spending a few days in London, our next stop on the trip was exploring Edinburgh, Scotland, where my friend was studying abroad for the semester.…

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  July 1, 2018

  Study Abroad

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• Burns Night (and Haggis?!) | Holly Goes Abroad

  A few days ago I had the pleasure of celebrating an interesting and hilariously fun tradition: Burns night. This Scottish tradition is typically celebrated on January 25th in honor of Robert Burns (1759-96), who is considered the national poet of Scotland. There were bagpipes, several toasts, many lines of poetry read in thick Scottish accents, and…

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  January 28, 2018

  Study Abroad

  Burns Night, College, England, Holly Goes Abroad, Mansfield College, Oxford, Oxford University, Poetry, Robert Burns, Scotland, Study Abroad, Travel