PhD Travel Adventures
In the words of Robert Louis Stevenson, There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.
I've been taking advantage of Europe's well-connected public transport since starting my PhD in 2021 for both work and personal adventures:
Canada, 2021 + 2022/2023 (where the journey begins!)
Germany, 2021 - Present (several places in NRW, the Black Forest/Freiburg, German Alps, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin)
France, 2021 + 2023 (Paris, Versailles, Strasbourg, La Rochelle)
England, 2021/2022, 2023 (London, Bath, Stonehenge, Windsor, Lake District, Cambridge, Oxford)
Scotland, 2022 (Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Highlands, Isle of Skye)
Belgium, 2022 (Liège)
Austria, 2022 (Innsbruck)
United Arab Emirates, 2022 (very long layover in Dubai)
South Korea, 2022 (Seoul, Jeju Island)
United States, 2022 (Bay Area)
Italy, 2022 (Rome, Florence, Bologna, Siena, Verona, Milan, Lake Como)
Vatican City, 2022
The Netherlands, 2022 + 2023 (Utrecht, Amsterdam)
Switzerland, 2023 (Zurich, Stein am Rhein, Schaffhausen)
Denmark, 2023 (Copenhagen)
Sweden, 2023 (Malmo)
Greece, 2023 (Heraklion, Athens)