Loch ness trip

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So, the school has this society called the international society. It is a nice thing, where they plan trips for us. unfourtunately, they are bus trips where we spend 7 hours driving and 2.5 hours out and about. one has to make ones own fun. Thus the trip to lochness and inverness was fun not for the places i saw but instead for the things that we/ I did. pictures are examples of this. oh, and in an effort to meet other non-americans/ canadians, the other international studnts and I sponsor crepe night. and, boy, am I good at making crepes. soooo good that the ladies and some guys swoon when I flip those suckers. classes here are interesting, you could skip them all and learn off of the power points and probably not miss anything...so skipping friday classes to go to paris is not so bad an idea...

The international students here are diverse and exciting. My flatmates are from london and africa and...well...scotland, but I will go stay with them on soome forlorn weekend. everynow and then I feel like tourist, other times I feel like a struggling student. It is a rough life, I would wish it upon everyone.

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Photos

ned
This is nessie. I have created her. actually he is a he called ned. he followed us around on our adventure. kind of clingy, actually

a ceiling
they have a lot of wooden ceilings here, which affords really cool looking ceilings. I took the picture during one 20 minute stop at a famous chapel. I had to run around to see the whole thing. beautiful but rushed. I dont like bus tours much.

I am an icon
so I have a ninja turtles towel I like to wear as a cape. whatever. kelly, by the way, is a rather good photographer.

wet
So I had to put on the wet suit on a moving bus. I ws almost catapulted, completely naked, out of the bathroom door which did not shut properly. twice. granted, it would have made an altogether amazing story, but alas, I caught hold of the tp dispenser.

even wetter
This is what happens with me and any famous body of water. I jump in. this was for you jace, for you. now that I have fulfilled your request, you get to give me another one.

clingy
Jace, because of you nessie (ned) attacked me! granted he just wanted to play, but hey! it suprised me.

lynelle
dear lynelle. if you wondered where your shirt was, here it goes!

writing on the wall
While not on the wall, I found it very cool to have writing on the stairs. Immensly cool, in fact. I wish the flash was on here though...

the culture
around the loch the tourist coulture was booming. little did they know the beast was among them.

uurquart
this is nessie investigating urqhart castle. later she eats it. I spelled the castle differently each time because I have no idea how to spelll uurqhart

bus rides
as i said, make your own fun. the whole trip home I was learning french. je voux mange d'anana.

spiral
the staircases in that cathedral were never ending.

um...
and to think that I am not even drunk. or even tipsey. elisa, this is your fault.

crepe!
I am that good at making crepes that I can fight off a viking herd and still make a nice crepe. round, you might say.

another sign.
yes i have.

silhoette
the clouds are just moodier in scotland

giom
i do not know how to spell this frenchman's name, save phonetically, but he is taller than me. thus we are the short-tall gang.

Comments

[mer]

hi stoo!
I'm sorry you lost your wallet in lochness...but if one is going to lose a wallet, lochness is probably the way to go.