Tag: Gerard Butler

• A Tale of Two Blogs: a Cautionary Tale from Hawaii to Scotland

  

  IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THIS BLOG: Since Lauren, whom I’m traveling with, also blogs, we thought it would be wildly exciting to have a dual blog about the same event written from both of our perspectives— one with her “voice” and one with mine. It’ll be like listening to two different eyewitness accounts, and this entry…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  July 6, 2014

  hikes, humor, travel

  cankles, dual blogs, embarrassing stories, four season, Gerard Butler, golf resorts, hikes, lanai, manele bay, scotland, tourism

• Haggis for Everyone! A tribute to Scotland.

    Something I learned this morning: Just as there is no greater motivator for productivity than a deadline, there is no greater push for walking speed than frigid temperatures.   It was so bitterly cold this morning, I felt like my face might fall off. I’ve never walked to my office from the bus stop with…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  February 28, 2014

  food, humor, travel, Uncategorized

  accents, Fulbright Scholarship, Gerard Butler, haggis, people who love Scotland an unhealthy amount, Robert Burns, scotland, University of Glasgow

• Welcome to New Zealand; Wow, that’s a lot of sheep.

  Fun fact: Did you know, there are more sheep in New Zealand than people?   I haven’t seen THAT many sheep yet, but I did notice cows at the airport when we landed.   Speaking of landing, I believe a place can be more or less accurately judged by the experience one has at its…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  January 10, 2012

  men, travel

  airport theory, customs, Gerard Butler, London-Heathrow, New Zealand, Scotsmen, sheep, Sydney