Posted on August 5, 2020 Leave a Comment
Bloomington, MN, where I work and my soon-to-be-wife works as a teacher, adopted a hybrid method of learning for the upcoming school year. This is the e-mail I sent to the members of the school board: “Hello, my name is Nevan Hard. I work in Bloomington, very close to Jefferson High and Olson Middle, and […]
Posted on July 30, 2020 Leave a Comment
Leg 4, Day 5: Dublin, Part 1June 26th, 2019 The previous night after we returned from the Cliffs of Kerry, we ate with a hostelmate from the US named Kelly. We told her about our trip and that we were now engaged. She told us why she was travelling, explaining that her trip was much […]
Posted on July 18, 2020 Leave a Comment
Leg 4, Day 1: CorkJune 22nd, 2019 I know I have said on many other days in these writings that we needed to be up early, but no other day except this one did we need to be up as early as 5 a.m. With that in mind, it really did not help when the […]
Posted on June 11, 2020 Leave a Comment
Leg 3, Day 1: EdinburghJune 19th, 2019 It was another early rise for us that day. Today would not carry the same relaxed, stress-free character that a few of the previous days had. After we scrounged together a breakfast, Alix drove us to the Coventry train station, and we said our goodbyes. I’ve always enjoyed […]
Posted on June 4, 2020 1 Comment
I cannot believe it has been over three weeks since I made a post! This is going to be much more of a freeform entry, you know, a bloggy sort of blog post. First off, the main reason it has been so long is because of the major protests occurring in my home state of […]
Posted on May 12, 2020 Leave a Comment
Leg 2, Day 1: Intro to EnglandJune 16th, 2019 For what already seemed like the 20th time on this trip, early the next morning Danielle and I were on a bus. We opted to not take a taxi to the bus stop. The station was on the far outskirts of the downtown area and our […]
Posted on April 28, 2020 1 Comment
Travel and adventures are a strong facet of Danielle and I’s relationship. For our first big trip only months after meeting, we drove through South Dakota and Wyoming to spend a few nights in a B&B 10,000 feet high in the Colorado mountains. The following year we went on a couple camping excursions to Northern […]
Posted on April 16, 2020 Leave a Comment
Which of your parents are you more like? In looks, my father. In personality, most likely a mix of the two, but I have not given it a lot of thought. How many siblings do you have? One older brother, two adopted younger sisters. They are only 11 months apart in age, but come from […]