This is a list of the top ten places I’d like to go, and a brief description of why I’d like to go there.
Nuuk, Greenland. I flew over Greenland on my way home from England, and it is absolutely beautiful. But it is clearly melting, and time is running out to get the full experience. [...]
I just spent 34 days travelling around Europe. Here is a detailed map of the route I took and where I went.
I went to Scotland for a week, Norway for two weeks, Germany for a few days, Switzerland for a day, Spain for a few days, and France for about a week. I have no [...]
On a whim I took a 26 hour bus trip up to Aberdeen, Scotland. I did an 18km hike southward along the North Sea, and learned a bit about the oil industry here. The sea is beautiful, and the people have been very nice. Thanks to Olivier and Victoria for letting me stay with them!
This page is a follow up on my previous blog entry, a proposed travel itinerary. This is a second pass for travel plans for this winter break, many of which have actually been booked at this point.
Foreword
Oil was discovered in the North Sea in 1970, but sources are now dwindling, and net output is expected to slow. Oil has been a major contributor to the strength of the Pound Sterling and the Norwegian Kroner over the last thirty-six years, oil export making up 20% of Norway’s GDP in recent years. Places [...]
The last ten days or so have been exciting ones. This post is mostly informative / a jog of my recollection, but has pictures for once, which should be appreciated by the reader! But they take forever to load because I still haven’t set up my image hosting properly due to lack of time. So [...]
This page is about plans for my travel over winter break from Oxford, from 4 December, 2007 to 10 January, 2008.
Travel Goals
My goals for these travels are as follows:
See the English countryside, Aberdeen, and Dublin.
See the fjords, mountains, and glaciers of Norway.
Go to the Arctic Circle.
Hang out in Venice for a few days
See Zurich, Geneve, [...]
I’ve been working on this site a lot, and the last few posts have been technical in nature. I must employ you, my humble and typical daily blog reader, to forgive me of this tomfoolery. Indeed, just as the setting of the pale and wanton stars of summer sky do then grace us with autumn [...]
Starting a Blog
It is customary for young men and women to establish blogging utilities upon studying abroad in Europe. Rest assured, I will be no exception to this custom. As such, I have created jamesonwilliams.com/oxford - which you are now visiting! (Note: this has now been moved to jamesonwilliams.com/blog.)
Some Notes on Europe
I spent most of [...]