Scotland Stories


Firbush Weekend

Last weekend was probably one of the best weekends I've had a in a long time, which is saying a lot, because I usually like my weekends quite a bit. I went on an excursion with Arcadia (the program I went through to get to Scotland) to an outdoors camp called Firbush. Firbush is located in the town called Killin in Perthshire. It's about an hour from...


Stirling Tour

Last week on Wednesday all the international students were offered a bus tour of Stirling and the surrounding areas, so I went on it and got to see some pretty cool things. We first stopped at Dunblane, which is a very small town about 5 minutes outside Stirling. The big attraction there is a cathedral that was built in the 1200s because a bishop wa...


Classes

I have a lot of updates to tell, but I figured instead of writing it all at once I'd write them a little at a time (to make them more interesting and readable). Over the next couple of days I'll be trying to put up those stories and pictures. For now, I've gotten a lot of questions about the courses I am taking here, so I thought I'd cue everyone in o...


The Beginning

I'm going to try to keep these short so that you don't get too bored, but if you have any questions or want to know more, just let me know! I arrived in Edinburgh on Monday afternoon and promptly took a nap. In the evening I had my first meeting with my program people, and then we went out for dinner at a very nice Italian restaurant (I think they w...