Blogs from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 33

This week has been so exhausting! I finally get over being sick and then I'm sick again after about 4 days of feeling alright. I still blame it on the weather and the fact that since I live so close to people and I'm not outside as much as I would be at UConn that It's making me get sick more. Hopefully this is just a little cold and not a full out plague like last time. Last weekend I had my first visitors! It was great to see people from home (my aunt and uncle from CT) and show them Edinburgh and Scotland. We got to see some great stuff which I wouldn't have seen normally either. We saw Britannia (the Queen's yacht, it was pretty fancy but straight out of 1970), Rosslyn Chapel (yes ... read more

I went to my first ceilidh last night. It was held on a permanently docked ferry on the River Clyde (in walking distance from where I live). The dancing was high energy and manic. It just so happened that we have P.E. training classes at the university and last Wednesday was the class on how to teach dance! I was swung, pushed and pulled around by my more knowledgeable Scottish peers. Learning intention: to learn the basic steps for Scottish country dancing. Actual learning outcome: be drunk enough to be sufficiently pliable for the physical trauma. With my new found knowledge in mind, my Scottish counterpart and I decided to relive our high school years by getting really drunk really fast and really cheaply. Jeanette drank so much she spent the rest of the night drinking ... read more

I’ve pretty much settled back into life at the flat. I can actually call Glasgow home now. Life just doesn’t seem the same without screaming freshers, howling wind storms, torturous grocery shopping trips, and the Glaswegian accent. But the most important thing that makes this place home is my urban family, Jeanette and Ryan. I have to dedicate this entry to these guys. I came home a day before Jeanette and listened for the door all the next day for her. I managed to hear that familiar front door handle open and rushed out of my room to ambush her before she even got the chance to open her own door. On Friday Ryan cooked a “Canadian” meal for us consisting of beans in maple syrup, chicken and fries with Swiss Chalet gravy. Combined with the ... read more

Had a brilliant tour of Glasgow today. Amazing how much there is to see in Glasgow. it was a hop off hop on bus and it stopped at Glasgow cathedral, gorgeous this brilliant St Mungo's museum, the best museum I have been to in ages it was the museum of religious life with all these brilliant exhibitions on different religions and cultures life stages like death, birth and marriage and coming of age. It had brilliant stain glass windows and amazing artifacts. Also saw great things like the people's palace, the barras markets, the city chambers and trades Hall. There were lots of brilliant Victorian buildings I had a crick in my neck looking up at them. After the tour I went and got my shopping fix, gloves, hat, shoes and skirt. brilliant! New Lanark I ... read more

It feels like a lifetime since I’ve been able to do this blog again. Unfortunately, school has sort of sucked me dry of any creativity and wit. I’ve never felt so drained in my life. Doing this course is like being in some alternate world similar to the book “1984”. I’ve been broken in room 101 and now they are slowly building me up to be one of them. Well, maybe they haven’t broken me yet. I’ll just have to pretend like I’m playing some sort of game to get through the next 6 months. For any people out there thinking of doing teacher training at Jordanhill, just know that you will be dealing with the devil and his minions. Now that I’ve gotten that unpleasant bit out of the way, I’m finally on my winter ... read more