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Racing along the Jurassic Coast Path | November 2019
Aforementioned in Run, Write, Repeat, Jessica and I spent much of our time in Valencia exploring the city by foot as we trained for the Endurance Life Half Marathon. A combination of early morning, pre-heat runs and evening sunset jogs through the park kept us motivated and fit as we powered through our dissertations. Once…
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Berlin Tattoo | November 2019
Having performed in the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo (2015), the Kremlin Military Tattoo (2017), and the Belfast International Tattoo (2019), I was well aware of the cross-cultural exchanges and learning opportunities that exist within the realm of the arena floor. Dancing in Berlin, however, during the 30th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin…
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West Highland Way | Day 6
And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling. Shanti
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West Highland Way | Day 5
Still round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate. J.R.R. Tolkien
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West Highland Way | Day No. 4
Don’t mind me. I’m as happy as a cricket here. Jo March (Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women)
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West Highland Way | Days No. 2 & 3
I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery – air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.” Sylvia Plath
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West Highland Way | Day No 1
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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West Highland Way | Pre-Departure
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain
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Dancing up a storm | Belfast, N. Ireland
In the second grade, I would go over to my friend Megan’s house and we would skip around to the Riverdance album. With time we would learn the difference between Highland and Irish step dancing, but at 8 years old, all we needed was a good Celtic beat to get us fired up and practicing…
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Krakow UNESCO City of Literature | August 2019
Freakonomics authors Steven D. Levitt and Steven J. Dubner refer to a study that found children who grow up in homes with books will score higher on academic tests, and the more books one is surrounded by, the longer they stay in school. As I complete my 19th (non-consecutive) year of schooling with aspirations of…