Blogs from Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 14

Well , it's throwing it down outside,... and cold ! Bonnie Scotland ya beauty , i'm only thinking of where i'll be in under two weeks time ... I KNOW every BLOG on every website concerning S.E. Asia ,kinda overdosing a bit ,so had to exorcise the excitement by doing this . Anyway hopefull you'll be hearing some stuff soon ......Lift Off Dec 14th 9.10 am Edinburgh ...... SEE YA... read more

This morning we had to get up early, we had a nice breakfast at the hostel, and ran off to catch our tour bus for a trip to Loch Ness and through the Highlands. The tour we went on was through a company called Haggis Tours (yummy haggis….haha) it was really cool cause it’s geared toward the younger back packers so it was more interesting than a typical tour. We stopped along the way and saw a ‘hairy coo’ named Hammish. Coo is really a cow in Scotland, and obviously a hairy coo is a cow with long hair on him. He was super cute, I just fell in love with him! After visiting Hammish we continued on our journey through the highlands, we saw several castles along the way but just saw them as we ... read more

Ahh, the Wallace Monument. Visible from just about everywhere in Stirling, on campus, and from the surrounding area. 286 stair steps to the top, and that's AFTER you hike up to the top of that hill. My journey began yesterday (September 19, Wednesday) at about 3:30. I was supposed to go hill-climbing/hiking with another international student, but she discovered she had somewhere to be at 4:30. It was such a nice day, however, that I decided to go myself. Only I took the wrong road (naturally) and found myself heading away from the one hill and straight towards the other. "Oh well," I thought. "I wanted to go up to the monument anyway. Might as well be today!" So onward I went. It's only about a ten minute walk (going very slowly) from campus to the ... read more

Yesterday was the free bus tour of the Stirling area for the International Students. It was actually quite fun. First we went up by the Wallace monument, but we didn’t really get too close, so I’ll definitely hike up there myself sometime soon. You can get to it right from campus, and it’s not too far, just a LOT of stairs to climb! Then we went to, I think, Bridge of Allan, and then to this huge old cathedral at, I think, Dunnborough? Dunn-something-or-other? I’ll look it up on the internet tomorrow before class. Anyway, it was a gorgeous old cathedral, the first one I’ve ever been in, and I took about a zillion pictures. There were so many of us there on the tour, I actually felt kind of sorry for the two people working ... read more

Begin van de reis (03-08-2007) Spannend, mijn eerste echte boottocht. Voor het eerst met vriendinnen over het kanaal. Uhmm voor het eerst alleen met de auto echt op reis naar een ver land. En ohhh jaah, voor het eerst links rijden. om my god waar ben ik aan begonnen. 's morgens vroeg belt Anne mij op om te vragen of ze iets eerder kon komen, ze had geen boter en ze verveelde zich. nou ja dan kom je toch. Rond twaalf vertrok vanuit thuis. Uitgezwaaid door de hond, pap en de buren... op weg naar het onbekende. Eerst nog even langs Eveline en Els om die op te halen en dan naar IJmuiden. Nou we reden al meteen verkeerd natuurlijk! Maar toch aangekomen na een hele lange omleiding haha.... De tom tom die ik van ... read more