Blogs from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 37

An early morning climb of Arthur's Seat, the large hill and best lookout in Edinburgh meant lots of happy snaps of the amazing city that is Edinbugh. The climb took about 15 minutes, and although my fitness isn't the same as when I left Australia, the stunning view made the trek more than worthwhile. 5 years ago, I studied for a semester at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in the USA. One of the many great friends I made while there, Heather, lives across the other side of Scotland in Glasgow. An hours train ride, and we spent the next umpteen hours discussing the parties, people and fun of studying at UNC. Glaswegians know how to party, so after a few Scottish beers with Heather, her roommates and friends, we headed out to some local ... read more

Here is our route map that we have done for this trip. http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_1Gn.html ... read more

Okay so it is pretty apparent that I am writing this blog much later than the actual events so hopefully I can still do the trip justice and make it sound interesting or at the very least not boring. So we flew to Scotland on July 27 - another lovely Ryan Air flight where I spend most of the flight hoping that the plane does not fall apart (Ryan Air is a low budget airline which I am sure has wonderful safety standards but since I pay twenty bucks for the flight I tend to be a bit nervous). We arrived on time but did not get our luggage for an hour - it is official I have bad airplane luck. Kyle’s dad’s cousin George and his wife Phyllis were at the airport to pick us ... read more

Last night my friend Sarah's window was broken at about 11:30 pm by a group of kids...or so we think. I was in the kitchen with Tamsin eating toast when Sarah came in looking like she was going to cry. Evidently she'd gotten up to work on a piece of writing when a loud blast hit her window. There are like five or six little holes that look like they came from an air pistol. Anyhow, we had to call security; Allastair, our security guard is the coolest guy ever. He's round around the middle with a slight comb over and the bright yellow slicker outfit that is so popular for security here. He ran out immediately and got the head resident. Supposedly, the police are coming to the dorm today to investigate. Poor Sarah has ... read more

THe place from Dublin to Glasgow was cancelled on Monday night, leaving me and 19 others in our group stranded at the airport. There is still no explanation for Air Linguis why the plane could not take off, but instead we were sent off to a hotel down the street. The great Southern was an awesome hotel...however, the Air Line sent us there in error, because there were not double beds for 10 rooms, or twenty people. Don't worry my puritan friends, guys and girls were still in separate rooms, as to University of California standards. Instead, we all walked an extra five minutes (cutting across a motorway, sorry mom) to get to the Clarion Dublin. THere, we were allowed to sleep. THe next day, most of us didn't eat breakfast at the hotel because we ... read more