Tea Time (2/10)

Up to Speed! (2/9)

I sincerely apologize for how behind I was in posting - sometimes life just gets in the way! Now that I'm all up to speed though, I will try hard to keep on track. If you're still reading, thanks so much for sticking with me and I hope you're enjoying my adventures!
<3 A Bonnie Lass from Wellesley

Discussions, Discussions (2/8)

I actually did quite a few interesting things today: went to class, went grocery shopping (ok, maybe not so interesting), participated in a focus group for my friend Dan and received free Ben & Jerry's ice cream, but alas, none of these were photographically documented. (I'm sure you're all devistated that I didn't take a picture of something at the grocery store.) However, probably the most interesting thing I did was go out with some of my friends and have an intense intellectual discussion about religion, determinism, the value of people and other philosophical things here:

(Disclaimer: I admit, I did not actually take this picture, it is from their facebook page.)



The conversation actually started out on the topic of control freaks (which I admit, I am one) and blossomed into this probably hour long intense debate and discussion. I won't go into specifics, but it was probably the first conversation of that magnitude I've had here, and it felt great even though I didn't always agree with what other people were saying. Clearly I've found some pretty smart people to hang out with here in Edinburgh and it's awesome!

Laundry Time! (2/7)

Disclaimer: Monday was not very exciting, although quite productive! My room is also now spotless! :)

So, I did laundry tonight. It was about time, since I was down to literally one shirt and two dresses in the realm of clean clothes. Fortunately, there are three washers/dryers in the Robertson's Close area and none of them were being used. They are actually exactly like Wellesley's (except, of course, for the price - doing laundry is expensive in Edinburgh!) so that was one less thing I had to learn to do differently over here, although trying to choose laundry detergent was a whole other story!

Super Bowl Sunday! (2/6)

This may come as a shock to those of you who know me and my general lack of interest in watching sports games, but I did actually go out to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday. It was definitely an interesting experience - there are quite a few American students here, so Teviot, the student union, had a large party for the big game. Three of the bars were packed with people cheering on the Packers and Steelers and drinking quite a bit of alcohol. Overall, a very fun night, although I did not stay until the end - the game started over here at 11:30pm and finished around 4:00am! Unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries so I couldn't capture the event for myself, but thankfully someone else in our group was able to document the night.

Saturday (2/5)

This is the first Saturday that I've had nothing scheduled to do since I've been here. It's really crazy to think that I arrived exactly four weeks ago. I feel like so much has happened since then and I feel so comfortable in Edinburgh, but four weeks is really not a very long time. I have been expecting the time to fly by, which I suppose it kind of has, but at the same time it seems like I've been here much longer than a month.

Now that I've been here and away from Wellesley for a while, I'm starting to get a bit worried about reverse culture shock when I come back. I mean, I'm going to have to go back to school without boys in September! I love Wellesley, don't get me wrong: the classes are interesting (for the most part), the professors are amazing and really care about their students, and I've made some incredible friends, but being here has popped the Wellesley bubble a bit and made me realize how awesome the "real world" is too (also, guys make really awesome friends!) I suppose I shouldn't really be worrying about coming home until maybe about May (or even August), but it's just something I've been pondering. Anyway, to keep this post from getting too heavy, and since this is in fact a photo blog, here's a slightly ridiculous picture of me pondering:

(photo credit: Esther)

A Rainy Day in Edinburgh Town (2/4)

So I have figure out where all the rain in Edinburgh had been hiding, because it's all been coming down for the past few days. I must say, as gorgeous as this city is, I am not a big fan of the rain, although I do love my awesome music note rainboots that I've been rocking today. Oh well, I suppose this is what I get for coming to Scotland!