I’m a Scottish Highland Dancer with the Red Hackle Pipe Band in Fairbanks. Highland Dancing is more of a athletic dancing and physically demanding. It’s also solo and competitive. I know 4 1/2 dances, the Highland Fling, the Lilt, the Flora, the Sword Dance, and the Seann Triubhas, (I only know half of the Flora).… Continue reading Highland Dance
Category: Scotland
Shetland – Sylvia
We went on a ferry to the Shetland Islands, it’s a part of Scotland. It’s famous for the sheep that make beautiful yarn. These are special sheep they are not like any other sheep because this is such a tiny island that all the same here but different from every where else. It’s famous for… Continue reading Shetland – Sylvia
Hostels
Since the end of December, Jack and I have stayed at three different hostels in two different cities and countries. The first one we stayed in was on Cow Gate street, by Grass Market, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Cow Gate has many clubs, hostels and bars on it. Even later than three am, you can hear… Continue reading Hostels
A Comprehensive Update Part 1: Florida to Liverpool
We left Florida later than we intended. The camper needed to be customized for Team DeCorso – new sofa, new table, 5 bunks with an optional 6th bunk, bunk lights and chargers, a new oven/stove, upgrades to the running lights, a new stereo and speakers, new countertop in the kitchen, 14 hooks for coats and… Continue reading A Comprehensive Update Part 1: Florida to Liverpool
Christmas Fairs in General
Christmas Markets are tiny shops that have tarps over them or some are board booths made out of wood and some are inside these tents that have a ton of tiny shops built inside. In Welshpool we got there the night they turned on the Christmas lights. They turned them on in the town center.… Continue reading Christmas Fairs in General
The Train Ride & a Castle
We woke up really early in the morning, like 5am or something, to go to the train. We didn’t have any breakfast so everyone was really hungry. Mom made sandwiches but I don’t really like sandwiches. On the train, there was a cafeteria and a bathroom but the cafeteria was closed but in first class,… Continue reading The Train Ride & a Castle
Our House
The apartment we are staying at is very nice. It is big enough for all of us, and very centrally located on the Royal Mile. Our house has three heaters, and a fake fire place. It has two mini fridges and a freezer. The street it is on, Bell Wynd, is supposedly haunted. A man killed… Continue reading Our House
Canada by Sylvia
The trip from Florida was fun. We got to camp on the roadside and we had a fun time driving and we finally reached our destination which was Canada! We went to the Bay of Fundy which has the highest tidal bores in the world. We got to climb around on caves and rocks and… Continue reading Canada by Sylvia
Halifax
It was dark when we arrived in Halifax, we all went over to the grocery store. We got some stuff for dinner and went back to the camper. The next morning the camper had a transmission problem and it needed to get fixed, they said it would be a two day job. But we we’re… Continue reading Halifax