Question: Where Have I Actually Been?

Q: Have you actually been anywhere besides Scotland?

A: Yes I have! I have been to several places in Canada, including Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, and Quebec City. I’ve been to Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. The most memorable place I’ve been to aside from Scotland is Oahu, Hawaii.

My senior year of college, I was given the opportunity of visiting my close friend and her husband in Hawaii, where they were stationed with The Navy (yes, they were at Pearl Harbor) during spring break. It was breathtaking. I think my experiences was heightened by the fact that it was off-season for tourists, and the early-spring weather meant it was warm, but not frying-eggs-on-sidewalks hot. Plus having ‘locals’ to stay with meant I could see all of the spots on Oahu tourists tend to overlook, like the North Shore, where there were these pretty coves and smaller beaches that hardly had anyone around. It was beyond my wildest expectations. I didn’t expect the peacocks to be as wild and used to people as pigeons in New York!

Oh, and don’t get me started on the shaved ice! Ohhhh maaaaan…