This week was super busy and fun. On Tuesday night my flatmates took me to a club which was really nice. We were on the guest list as well so we got a free bottle of champagne. Partying in Aberdeen is certainly a different experience. It’s so much classier than in Guelph but it was a blast. Then on Thursday night there was a Rocky Horror themed birthday party. It was awesome because everyone got dressed up and did fantastic hair and make-up. It was an early night but even getting dressed up was brilliant.
Classes also went well. My professor for Late Medieval England is actually from Canada and did his undergrad at Queens. Better than that, he knows K. James. I was super impressed to hear that.
The big highlight from this week was definitely Dunnottar Castle which we visited today. It’s basically this estate type thing on like a large outcropping. But to get there we had to walk on this gorgeous path along the coastline. Some of the paths were so narrow too and you just looked down the cliff and it was a sheer drop. Once we got there we actually sat down for a picnic lunch. It was awesome. We each brought like different pieces so like I brought cous cous salad, Holly brought egg salad sandwiches, Marissa brought yummy Pringles, Skye brought ciabatta bread, olive oil and mini carrot cakes, V’Cenza brought tea and cookies, and Sarah brought two kinds of juices. It was so neat because we just found this little room right when you walk in and we just sat there and had a brilliant little lunch. We also got to hear the pigeons talk to us the whole time because a whole bunch of them lived next door. After lunch V’Cenza went to paint some watercolours and we went up into the castle. It was mostly ruins and like Ross Errily only a few areas were totally blocked off. It was nice again because we just got to go around wherever and take our time and appreciate all the views. Just as we were leaving too the sun came out which was beautiful. To get back we actually walked along the beach a little bit because there was a path that went up the cliff. That certainly turned out to be quite the hike but the views were magnificent. I’ve got loads of pictures which I will manage to get up at some point in the near future. But then we just walked back to the town which is called Stonehaven along the same path we’d come. When we got back to the train station it turned out that we’d just missed the return train and the next one wasn’t coming for about an hour so we popped into a pub and had a pint and watched a bit of football. We did get on the train eventually and I think we made it home a little after 7:00. It was also Marissa’s birthday today so to celebrate we went to Pizza Express and had a lovely little dinner. It was also the Super Bowl so we went to the Watering Hole and watched a bit of it when we got back. We left at half time though because we were all pretty tired.
Anyways, that was pretty much all for the weekend. I’ll let you know what I figure out with pictures a.s.a.p.
From Scotland with love,
Haley
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