So last Friday we left to head off to Scotland. It was a 5 hour train ride, but it was a really pretty one at that. I got really excited when I saw the Atlantic Ocean from the other side. However, it looks the same, not really sure what I was expecting. When we finally got to Scotland, we arrived in Edinburgh, which is the capital of the country. We were met our tour guide, who was wearing a kilt! He gave us a walking tour which was good so we got acquainted with the old and new town of the city. After he left, we went to a Scottish pub for dinner. I then went shopping and bought lots of presents. I didn’t know that Scotland was known for its cashmere! So after shopping, I went back to the hostel. Had I known it was going to be a hostel, I might have arranged another place to stay, such as the Hilton across the road. Well on my way back, I saw a man wearing a kilt playing a bagpipe, and it kind of was the best part of the trip. Anyway, later that night we went around the city to get a few drinks, then just went back and crashed since it was a long day.
Saturday we got a new tour guide, who was also wearing a kilt. The first stop for the day was climbing a mountain to the Wallace monument. Wallace is the guy that the movie “Braveheart” is about. Our next stop was the meet Hamish. Hamish is the famous “hairy coo.” I fed him, then remembered that I don’t like being that close to animals. We drove up through the highlands, which were unbelievably gorgeous. I think it was the prettiest place I have ever seen in my life. And I loved that on top of some of the mountains there was snow! But everything else was green and there were waterfalls and it was just spectacular. Then we went to Loch Ness. We looked for Nessie the Loch Ness monster, but he wasn’t there. After that, we went to Inverness. This hostel was even worse than the last one.
Sunday we went to the battlefield where the battle for Scotland’s independence was fought. Not gonna lie, did not like walking through the mud just to hear a story about how Scotland lost on their own turf. After that though, we went to a whiskey distillery. We saw how it was made, and of course had some free samples at the end.
Monday thru Wednesday was the same as every other one. Classes and work, nothing too exciting really. Then on Thursday it was Yom Kippur, and I went to my local temple here. It is still weird to me first that they have a choir, and second when they would pray for God to protect the queen and royal family. Later that day I went to Jen’s house to break fast. It was me and Jen as the only two Americans, and all of her boyfriend’s friends from high school. All of them are white South African orthodox Jews. It was really interesting, but really weird too.
Since I was off Thursday, I went to work yesterday. Today I went to Oxford Street for a little shopping, then just walked around Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park since it was surprisingly warm and sunny here. It made me sad seeing all families and friends, and mine are in New Jersey.
Tomorrow I am helping out at a work function. I get to help see who can become a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate. It should definitely be interesting.
Then on Monday morning…MOMMY AND AUNT E!!! I am so unbelievable excited, I cant wait!!!
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