My first weekend in Aberdeen has come and passed. Classes technically started today but my first isn’t until tomorrow. But the first weekend was good. It was basically spent just puttering around and getting settled. I now have a lovely bedspread and a pillow with a bow. I also have two plants. One is just a little one that has tiny white flowers. It’s currently sitting on my window ledge. The other is a bit bigger, has purple flowers, and is one which will grow over the edge like a spider plant.
On Saturday night we went out for dinner downtown. It was really neat because we actually went to an old cathedral that had been converted into a pub/club/restaurant. It’s called Slain’s Castle, I think. It was very nice anyways and a lot of fun to see something like that.
Yesterday was filled with more shopping for bits and bobs. We did manage to find the British version of Wal-Mart which was, well, interesting. It’s called Asda and they have everything. Well, everything except for calendars. But they had white tack and tape and clocks and plants which was handy. It’s a bit of a trek to get to though. When we got back in the afternoon we also went for our first walk on the beach which was sensational. It was such an amazing day I just couldn’t believe it. We walked along a bit where the tide had gone out and even made a Canadian flag in the sand. Then we had a race up the dune. Lesson for the day: do not attempt to race up the sandiest part. I managed to get nowhere so I had to slide down and go up the part where the grass was. One thing that was neat to see was all the ships waiting out in the ocean. They just sort of line up and there must be dozens of them. And the seagulls are gigantic! Honestly, massive. And then we had a lovely dinner last night and I made chilli. It was very nice to cook again and I actually experimented with tuna and it turned out to be quite delicious. It was nice because tonight Holly made us stir-fry and chicken which was very yummy and tomorrow V’Cenza’s going to cook something scrumptious. I am excited.
I only have two classes this semester. One is late medieval England, 1272-1509, which I am super excited for. The other is called plague, poison and persecution, 1348-1700. I think that they will both be fantastic and I am excited to see what they are like.
Anyways, that is all my news for now. Before I sign off I would like to address the matter of pictures. Unfortunately my computer hasn’t been cooperating with me and doesn’t want to let me do mass uploads. I am trying to find something which will just let me get them up all at once and when I do I will let you know where those are. Hope all is well with you, wherever you happen to be!
From Scotland with love,
Haley
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