April 2012
31 posts
The Realisation.
Since its April 30 my time, I’m starting to think about tomorrow, AKA May 1. This day has a lot of significance for me. It begins my last 24 days in Scotland. It also is the anniversary of the May Dip. The May Dip is a tradition where any St Andrews students whom have committed an academic sin must take the plunge into the North Sea and “wash away” the academic sin. I don’t...
Coming to a Close
Well, this is my second-to-last week of classes and things are really starting to slow down, but yet speed up. I only have 28 days left here in the UK. Its really a strange concept to be in the 20s. Nothing big has happened this week really, but I’m looking forward to this weekend. My hall is co-hosting a ceilidhthis Saturday. For those of you who don’t remember, its a traditional...
A Walk in the Wilderness
Yesterday was warm and sunny, so my friend Kira and I attempted what is called Lady Brae’s Walk. Its a loop that totals around 7 miles of path that follows a stream. Neither of us had been before and had no idea what to expect. Several terrains later (including what looked like a jungle, marsh, and bluffs), and we ended up at a park which must have been very cool in its heyday. There was a...
The Crazy Life
The last few days have been a lot of fun and therefore, quite exhausting. It started with Wednesday, when I finished my final paper. To celebrate, a few of my friends and I took a special bus to this dance club called Fat Sam’s. We got back to St Andrews around 4 AM, tired but exhilarated from dancing up a storm. The next night, my friends invited me to the neighboring dorm’s ball. It...
A Break from the Insanity
For those who might be wondering what I’ve been doing since I got back to St Andrews over a week ago, I must tell you, its incredibly glamourous. And by that I mean, tedious and painful. Last Thursday I had a 15 page paper due for one of my history classes, so I spent the first week back confined to my room with my laptop and books. I then gave myself the weekend off to relax, and have now...
Edinburgh.
We reached our beautiful country club hotel in Edinburgh in the morning on Saturday and attempted to decide what we were going to do during the day. We resolved to visit the Royal Mile, see the castle, get a coffee at the Elephant House (more on that in a minute), and do a ghost tour. With some help from the accommodating front desk, we arranged a nighttime tour of Mary King’s Close, an old...
And more fun with the Krolls
So to recap, we had just seen Stonehenge and then proceeded to drive to the outskirts of London. (It should be noted that only 2 of our hotels were planned in advance and so it got a little tricky to find lodging some nights with the holiday). The hotel we finally found was within walking distance of the train station to take us into the heart of London. So the next day we hopped the train and...
Sheeeeep!
So back to the Krolls in the UK. After Inverness and Nessie, we travelled down to the Cotswolds in England. The Cotswolds are a grouping of little towns that have maintained all of their old architecture and small-town feel. Lots of thatched roofs and white-washed sided houses. The names were the cutest part, including Stowe-on-the-Wold, Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s birthplace/final...
Vienna!
So a little recap-
When we were in Vienna, we spent the first nice day around the estates of Schönbrunn, which has a palace, massive gardens, a zoo, and two indoor gardens. We got lunch at a stand, where each of us partook in a Leberkäse sandwich (for those who aren’t Austrian, this is a hot meat that tastes like bologna but better). I also got the German soda, Almdudler. Then we headed...
Hello Friends and Family!
It’s been a really long time since I’ve been able to sit down and write. The rest of my European holiday was a lot of fun. The girls and I headed to Vienna to visit with my family and see the city. It rained most of the time but it was still very cool to be back and reconnect with my Austrian relatives.
On Saturday I took a train to Salzburg to catch my...
