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Edinburgh, Scotland

May 06, 2026 by Mike Vitale in Blog, Brain Droppings, Life, Music, Photos, Stories, Travel

It’s 2pm on a Monday, and I’m in Inverness Scotland, at a bar called Monty’s drinking Guinness and watching Snooker (it’s played on a Pool Table). Shaun Murphy and Wu Yize are having at it. It’s my day off—I plan to celebrate the occasion.

As far as Snooker is concerned—I have no idea what’s going on—because I don’t play snooker. However Loch Ness is beautiful, and Monty’s is right along the Ness River, in the Highlands of Scotland.

This is has nothing to do with the pictures I posted. Those are of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is righteous. Undoubtedly.

Drop everything you are doing and go take a vacation there. It’s cold in the Spring—and you feel you have a wand and are living in a Harry Potter novel.

Shaun Murphy is winning (Snooker match).

I have this feeling that is some sort of small way: I am too—and not in a Charlie-Sheen-Tiger-Blood-Kind-of way; it’s in a Shaun-Murphy-kind-of way. I feel happy and that is priceless. We’re on a United Kingdom tour this week, and we’ll be heading to Norway, afterwards.

The world is beautiful. I am writing a lot of music that I can’t wait to share with you. I am finding people on the Nieuw Statendam that love my music. I’m listening to Scottish folks curse in a bar and take digs at each other.

I’m learning how to speak Dutch and Spanish and I have plenty of good and kind people around me to practice speaking to.

Life is good.

I did the best I could on the photographs of Edinburgh. I hope you enjoy them. I sincerely mean what I say. Edinburgh, Scotland is incredible and worth your vacation.

Uh oh. Wu Yize is in the lead now. Wish I knew why… I appear to be the only person in the room who doesn’t know how this sport or game or what have you, works. Pardon me. I’m gonna chat these folks up and find out how Snooker is played.

Update: Red balls are one point and the color balls are worth more points and are drawn back out to the table repeatedly after each successful pocket.

Shaun Murphy came out on top, and everyone around me was thrilled.

WHO IS MIKE VITALE?

I am a storyteller, songwriter, singer, music producer, traveling musician, Jungian dream analyst, all-around curious fellow (Spiritual, Mathematical Historical, Scientific), Taoist, and much much more, based out of Los Angeles, California. I’m constantly releasing new music, in all sorts of different genres. You can listen to me below, on Spotify:

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Stonehenge | Wiltshire, England

April 19, 2026 by Mike Vitale in Blog, Brain Droppings, Travel

Greetings from Wiltshire, England! We arrived in the United Kingdom this morning, and a few new friends and I, from the Rolling Stone Band, took a quick trip out to Stonehenge. It’s the stoniest of the henges, me thinks.

England is beautiful and we’ll be coming here quite often over the course of the next several months.

Tomorrow, we’re heading across the English Channel to France. I’m giddy. Then. Back to Dover and London on Friday.

It’s cold, and beautiful and my nose is the brightest color of red, right now. Thanks to all the wonderful Mariners I’ve been meeting on the Nieuw Statendam and I deeply appreciate you listening to my music and for being so supportive and attentive.

It’s been fun crossing the Atlantic Ocean with you.

For those who follow along about my life on this blog, I am now performing on a new vessel called the Nieuw Statendam for Holland America Line. I boarded the vessel on April 4th, and we will be touring around Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic, Greenland, Iceland, Africa (just Morocco and only in the initial bits of the cruise itinerary), and the Canary Islands (only for the first few weeks).

For any of the passengers happening upon this post, welcome! Thank you for being curious about me and my music and for reading this. I’m honored and have a vast wealth of my travels listed here on this website blog that call INSIDEmyHEAD.

Here is a link to find my original music and cover recordings online: https://linktr.ee/mikevitale

May this find you in good spirits and with the wind to your back, as it is mine.

WHO IS MIKE VITALE?

I am a storyteller, songwriter, singer, music producer, traveling musician, Jungian dream analyst, all-around curious fellow (Spiritual, Mathematical Historical, Scientific), Taoist, and much much more, based out of Los Angeles, California. I’m constantly releasing new music, in all sorts of different genres. You can listen to me below, on Spotify:

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