I’m still alive only I’m in Scotland now
Well I’m still alive. Since my last post, we met up with Grace in Winchester and then went to London for a bit on the way to Stratford. I actually saw a few people from Furman at the train station who were on study abroad. We actually had to share a taxi with them to get to the train for Winchester because the train that was supposed to take us there was canceled. Anyway, we didn’t do a whole lot of touristy stuff in London, but we did go to see Guys and Dolls starring Patrick Swayze. He might have been the crowd-bringer, but I really think that his co-stars stole the show. Particularly the guy who played Sky Masterson and the girl who played Adelaide. Anyway, the play was fantastic even if it was a bit on the expensive side. We were all really glad that we went to that even if we didn’t get to do a lot else in London.
After the play, we took a sleeper train to Edinburgh. This wasn’t the most pleasant experience due to the fact that our seats were next to the heater which was kept on almost the whole time. We couldn’t really get to sleep because of all the heat even though people a few seats down were freezing. Oh well. We had fun once we got to Edinburgh. We spent yesterday touring the castle and Holyrood House and just generally exploring Edinburgh. For lunch we went to Deacon Brodies and had some traditional Scottish fish soup which I’m pretty sure contained parts of the fish which I am not accustomed to eating. We were ridiculously tired last night when we got to our nice rooms due to all the walking we did. Today we went on a tour of a part of old Edinburgh which is actually underground now. We also went to the Scottish National Gallery and some some cool paintings. So I’m about to run out of time so here some pictures and I’ll see you all in a few days.
November 22nd, 2006 at 8:28 pm
We are glad you are doing well! Thanks so much for the update. We are going to Asheville tomorrow to eat lunch and visit with my parents. Have a happy Thanksgiving and stay safe.