About

Hi! I’m Sonja.

This is an online catalog of my travels, adventures and keepsakes. Some of these are journal entries, some of them are scrapbook pieces, and some of them are little treasures that I keep in a decorated shoebox, hence the name of this site: Shoebox Diary. I hope you enjoy looking around! Here are a few posts to get you started:

Scotland & Ireland: Overnight Flight

Board your overnight flight to Edinburgh today. I’m sitting at an airport bar worrying about: My flight to Newark. It’s showing on time right now, but the guy at the…
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Scotland & Ireland: Belfast

Make your way to the village of Cairnryan where you’ll board a ferry for your voyage across the Irish Sea to Belfast. Today was our crossing from Scotland to Ireland.…
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Scotland & Ireland: Galway, Day 1

En route to Galway, stop in the town of Kilbeggan and take a tour of the historic whiskey distillery. After a tasting, continue on to Galway for a sightseeing tour…
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P.S. Here’s my professional website.