In my first tutorial for English we spent almost the entire time introducing ourselves. The professor asked us to come up with a top three favorite list. Since I had only been in Scotland for a week and a half, I decided to say my three favorite things I’ve tried since arriving. 1. Milk in my tea 2. IRN BRU (I’m not sure how but I haven’t explained what this is yet. Think what it would taste like if you mixed red bull, red pop, and orange soda. This is pretty much what it taste like and the first time you try it, it really isn’t that good. Then the next day you have the craving for it.) 3. Jaffacakes. These are slightly hard to explain. It’s a soft, less sweet, sugar cookie with chocolate covering one side. In between the chocolate and cookie is an orange flavored jelly. In other words it’s delicious. After I gave my top three list, one of the students from Scotland said that I had pretty much covered all of the stereotypes. It turned out to be a pretty fun tutorial. I finally got to accomplish some of the other stereotypical actions that all tourist should experience. I’ve eaten fish and chips, watched a football game at the pub, and road on the upper level of a double decker bus. Needless to say, the fish and chips were beyond tasty. I’m not sure what they do to the fish but there has to be something more than deep frying, because nothing comes out of a deep fryer and taste that good. I have a feeling it’s a very closely kept secret that I’m never going to find out.
On Wednesday, we went over to the Watering Hole to watch the football game. There were two games Ireland vs. Georgia and England vs. Spain. Having no idea about the teams I randomly chose Ireland and England for my teams. I was soon told that England was a bad choice and quickly switched to cheering for Spain. I have seen professional football before but it was still crazy to watch some of the things they can do with a football. Fortunately for me, both of my teams ended up winning so it was a good night. Also, during the games, the Watering Hole sells pints for £1.70. On top of this, they are giving away Famous Grouse hats if you collect three stamps. You get a stamp for spending £3 at the bar, so Anthony and I teamed up and got a couple hats.
Finally, today I got to ride on a double decker bus. Even though most of the seats were empty on the bottom the group I was with went directly to the upper level. We got to sit at the very front of the bus which had a big window for us to look out. I’m pretty sure we were closer to the front of the bus then the driver. Being on the top level made for quite a scary ride. The roads are already pretty small so this big bus was even closer to sidewalks and other cars than normal. Since you can’t really see anything right next to the bus, it gives the impression that you are running into everything around you. It was awesome.
Speaking of awesome, I am getting on a train tomorrow morning heading for Loch Ness. I’m definitely taking my camera and getting Nessie on film.
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