In which Zach takes a whirlwind trip through the beautiful countryside of northern Wales, hears Welsh for the first time, and climbs Snowden/Cymru – and wishes he had brought warmer clothes!

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My night in Bristol was wonderful. Nathalie’s family was very kind to me and I felt very much at home. When I arrived in Bristol on the train, Nathalie was there to greet me, at which point we spent the next hour and a half or so just chatting and wandering around Bristol, while I […]

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All right, Heysham Bike Rentals of Salisbury gets a big red “x” through it in my book. Beastly place. I mean, the £10 bike rental for the day is I guess forgiveable. The beastly little illegible map to stonehenge that they provide to you is tolerable. However, giving a six foot tall man a bike […]

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I’ve arrived in the loverly land of Great Britain! It already seems like a lifetime ago since I heard people speak in the droll midwestern speech that I’m accustomed too and I’m conversing with Brits like they’ve been lifetime chums. Everyone that I’ve met so far on my journey has been wonderful…when was my last […]

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My first solo international trip. Mom just dropped me off at the Janesville Van Galder terminal, for my 9:30 AM bus trip to O’Hare. I think I’m too nervous…or maybe this is normal? I haven’t flown internationally since junior year of high school, but that was with a huge group of people. I’ve never flown […]

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So people have shown me that apparently my image linking isn’t working properly in safari. I’ll have to look into this problem. (thank you, Sydney and Jesse) Hopefully I’ll have it resolved by the time I leave for England. EDIT: Well, that took about 3 minutes to correct. Turns out I just forgot to put […]

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