Blogs from Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 7

Day seven---St. Andrews Slept in for the first time since the vacation began. Our friends room is so awesome, they have this HUGE baywindow that overlooks the rooftops of St. Andrews.... Check out the view from their room: http://sugarmountain.vox.com/library/post/vacation--day-seven.html Seriously...that's the view....it's FABULOUS! And the sky is really that blue! Took a nice leisurely shower, got dressed and headed out with Husband and friends in search of cappucinnos and snacks. Had cappucino and bagel at this really neat coffee shop called BeanScene and then walked around St. Andrews a bit before lunch. We grabbed sandwiches and walked across the street to one of the quads...I believe the medical building quad (gorgeous) and had lunch. Check out photos of the quad: http://sugarmountain.vox.com/library/post/vacation--day-seven.html After lunch, we took... read more

Day three---London to St. Andrews Got up early, showered, packed up and grabbed breakfast at the hotel. They serve grilled tomatoes with breakfast. Weird. Started the drive from London to St. Andrews at approximately 8 a.m. The country-side was.....magnificent. Stopped off at an OK Diner for lunch...this was funny...it was a diner in the UK trying to look American. Saw more gorgeous country-side..... Though I didn't get any pictures, we also happened to drive right by Sherwood forest (yeah, that Sherwood forest) and Nottinghamshire. So cool! Finally, on the other side of Northumberland National Park and many hours later....we reached SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!! Once in Scotland, we stopped off in Jedburgh for some fish and chips and then finished the journey to St. Andrews. Once in St. Andrews, we invaded our friends apartment, met some of their friends, ... read more

We have just arrived in St. Andrews and finally found time to set up our blog. So far....we have been many places (but that is for another blog). We pulled into St. Andrews the morning of September 20 and could not believe how pretty it was. The actual University is spread throughout the town, it is hard to distinguish University buildings from all the other buildings in town. Our dorm is called Wardlaw and it is a part of University Hall. Wardlaw is the only all girls dorm...standard. At first we were put into a beautiful room overlooking the ocean in the back corner of the castle. The room was so big it made our beds look tiny....pretty much a "princess room". Unfortunately, we are only international students, and got moved to the servants quarters. (not ... read more

It's nearly a week since we got home and I thought I'd better just finish off the blog. Typically, having travelled from HK we got as far as Berwick on Tweed and got kicked off the train because of flooding on the line. I was really gutted to think we'd finish up with a bus trip home but after an hour we were able to squeeze on a north bound train and get right through to Inverkeithing where Mum and Dad were waiting. There were lots of tears - relief maybe??? We stayed with Mum and Dad for 4 nights before moving back into Limekilns. Thank goodness Rog, Mum and Dad had been sorting things out. The house looked great, the garden was tidy, the car was ready to go and there was a welcome home ... read more

Well, our 3 months lazing period has come to an end again as Alan has got another contract down in Knutsford. He has left today to start work there again tomorrow and Beth and I will be following on shortly to stay down there full time, returning to Uddingston every second or third weekend to make sure our house is still standing. The plan actually was that we would both find work in Glasgow or poss Edinburgh but unfortunately Financial Services hasn't got much to offer by way of decent contracts in Scotland at the moment so we're just embracing the change again and heading back down South. We were dead organised and found a lovely little house in Knutsford to rent for the duration, but on the day we were due to finalise everything the ... read more