It was a desperately needed exile. After the steady stream of bad luck that had befallen me over the past year, I decided buggering off was the best thing for me. And it really was. I would go into detail about it all now, but there was so much I saw and felt. It's sort of difficult to summarize the experiences in one journal. Keep your eyes peeled for more stories in the weeks to come.

The liberty I felt throughout this trip is unlike anything I've ever experienced before. It felt amazing to wake up every morning knowing I had a full day of exploration ahead of me, and that I was free to do whatever I wanted to do.

I was exposed to so much beauty; the cliffs along the Isle of Man, the shores of the North Sea, the large, rolling green hills throughout the Grampian countryside, the castles, the architecture, the list goes on. I felt engaged with my surroundings including the people I met on the streets, even though I was a stranger in a foreign land. I loved watching other tourists like myself take in things for the first time, and seeing the indicators of awe light up peoples faces. I loved chatting it up with strangers in the pubs, bars, wherever. I snogged random people. I even went back to some guy's flat during my stay in Aberdeen, but that sounds far more racy then what it actually was...anyway, these are all things I almost never do here.

I had every intention of swinging through London on this trip, but the beauty and hospitality of the north was far too good to abandon. I just couldn't pull myself away. It was lush, expansive, clean, and very, very friendly.

Lastly, this trip turned out to be more cathartic then what I expected. All of the anger and frustration stemming from the stupid career chase and general disastisfaction of living in T.O. over the past year was pretty much null when I was away. For the first time in a long time, I wasn't a pent up ball of rage. I let it all go. I was relaxed, happy, and in love with...

It was a desperately needed exile. After the steady stream of bad luck that had befallen me over the past year, I decided buggering off was the best thing for me. And it really was. I would go into detail about it all now, but there was so much I saw and felt. It's sort of difficult to summarize the experiences in one journal. Keep your eyes peeled for more stories in the weeks to come.

The liberty I felt throughout this trip is unlike anything I've ever experienced before. It felt amazing to wake up every morning knowing I had a full day of exploration ahead of me, and that I was free to do whatever I wanted to do.

I was exposed to so much beauty; the cliffs along the Isle of Man, the shores of the North Sea, the large, rolling green hills throughout the Grampian countryside, the castles, the architecture, the list goes on. I felt engaged with my surroundings including the people I met on the streets, even though I was a stranger in a foreign land. I loved watching other tourists like myself take in things for the first time, and seeing the indicators of awe light up peoples faces. I loved chatting it up with strangers in the pubs, bars, wherever. I snogged random people. I even went back to some guy's flat during my stay in Aberdeen, but that sounds far more racy then what it actually was...anyway, these are all things I almost never do here.

I had every intention of swinging through London on this trip, but the beauty and hospitality of the north was far too good to abandon. I just couldn't pull myself away. It was lush, expansive, clean, and very, very friendly.

Lastly, this trip turned out to be more cathartic then what I expected. All of the anger and frustration stemming from the stupid career chase and general disastisfaction of living in T.O. over the past year was pretty much null when I was away. For the first time in a long time, I wasn't a pent up ball of rage. I let it all go. I was relaxed, happy, and in love with everything around me.

This is probably the closest I've come to being at my peace with myself in my entire adult life.

Hope you all have been keeping well.
-xo