In case you didn't notice, it's definitely not Sunday anymore. Hah, I kinda dropped the ball on that one! I'm gonna write it all out now though...so hold on to your seat! It's actually quite a lengthy story.
So! Thursday was really slow. I felt like classes would never end! I was so excited to just get going! Then, we left the house at around 8:40 and walked down to the bus station and we were all stoked to just be going on a trip! Well that feeling faded after about the 4th hour on the bus, in the dark, in uncomfortable, cramped seats. If I can give anyone one piece of advice that they can take away from this blog, it's this: DO NOT TAKE AN OVERNIGHT BUS FROM OXFORD TO STIRLING! Oh man, it was the worst! We left Oxford at 10:00 on Thursday night and arrived in Stirling, Scotland at 8:00 in the morning. We checked into our hostel which was a block from the bus station and train station, and then we walked around trying to find a place to eat breakfast. We finally found a place and while we were eating, Emily went up to the counter and met this old man that offered to give us a tour around the city! It was raining outside, but it was a light rain so we just went out in it anyway. He took us over to the castle and we toured that and then walked back to the hostel, soaking wet but happy. Before our guide left us, we asked if he wanted to go to dinner with us and he said yes and he met up with us at dinner time and brought his wife and we had an amazing time at a pub! Then, we went back to their house and had tea and they told us about what they do and the man, Bill, told us that he takes pictures for fun and he showed us a few and they were AMAZING! He's been to Africa several times and has some of the most amazing artifacts and pictures from the villages there. They were such amazing people.
Then on Saturday, we got up early and went to the William Wallace monument (Yes...William Wallace of Braveheart) and we climbed the tower, all 256 steps, to the very top. The stairs went up in a spiral that curved so tight and I felt like I was never going to reach the top! My legs were BURNING! Then, we caught a bus back to town to the train station and then caught the train into Edinburgh (pronounced Ed-in-burrow) and it was the most gorgeous day ever! The sun was shining and all the buildings looked amazing. Oh! We were being all touristy and taking pictures and this guy walked up to us and said, "Hey, I'm a professional photographer, I'm on my break right now and I was wondering if I could take your picture for you. I've got a better camera than you do". So we were like "SURE!" and we got a great picture out of it. Then we walked up the royal mile and saw the Castle and had a ton of fun and then walked back down the royal mile and bought some souvenirs and whatnot. We caught a bus back to Stirling and while we were sitting there, these Scottish guys came up to us and talked to us and it was so fun! They were teaching us how to 'speak Scottish' and then all of a sudden this guy started singing, "sweet caroline" and before we knew it, the whole train was singing and it was hilarious! No one knew any of the words apart from the chorus and they sang that about 12 times. It was amazing.
Then Sunday came and we were at the bus stop at 9:00 waiting for our bus to come and from then on...we were seated all day. The good thing was that this time, it was light outside and we could see everything out the windows and let me tell you, the countryside was BEAUTIFUL!! I can't even...oh! It was so pretty! We ended up making it back to the houses about 10 minutes before our church started and then after that, it was bed-time! Monday was uneventful, as was today until about an hour ago. I'm trying to book a flight to Spain: actually, I booked the flight and then realized that I was set to return to Oxford in MARCH! Not February! So now I'm having mild panic attacks and I have to wait until tomorrow to call the airline people and...this is exactly the kind of thing I worry about when I think about planning trips and I can't stand it and I'm gonna cry on the phone with these airline people tomorrow!
Eh, my computer is about to die and I've gotta take a shower and go to bed because it's late. I'm sure there will be more news about this in the coming days. My travel mates were very surprised to find out that what I have in my bank account is ALL that I have. One boy offered to call the airlines and cry for me until they changed my ticket. Haha, bless him. I'm not the only one who did that though, and one of the other girls is helping me out and the other one doesn't know yet because she's sleeping and when she wakes up there's a chance there's going to be a battle royal....so fingers crossed for that. I need something to help me get out my frustration right now and some good girl drama seems to be about the perfect thing! I'm just kidding...but seriously if this girl gets outta line...Imma smack her! Hah, maybe.
No comments:
Post a Comment