First blog post of 2014......its only taken me two weeks :(
Safe to say my 4th year has taken over my life right now! I can't remember the last day I was not in the library!
However, over the festives I got to take a few days off while my beautiful friends from exchange came to visit me!
We did a fair amount of sightseeing, drinking and sampling Scotland's Finest foods! Here are is what we got up to:
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| Happy New Year |
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| "It's all in like Swedish or Something?!" |
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| Sexy Scottish Men |
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| Haggis, Bru and Macaroni pie! |
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| Haggis Time |
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| Edinburgh GreyFriers Bobby |
First and most importantly, I wanted the girls to experience a proper Scottish Hogmanay (New Years Eve). Up north we go all out at this time of year! Us Scots love it so much we even get two public holidays for the event! I personally hate club nights for Hogmanay! For me, nothing is better than taking in the bells surrounded by those you love at a house or flat party, so thats exactly what we did! In true Scottish style we drank far too much.... including a Swedish tradition of shooting some very strong Swedish Schnapps! We drank, danced and partied until the not so wee hours of the morning.... and then saw the first day of the new year completely indoors, nursing some rather sore heads!
The next day, determined to display my tourism degree prowess, I took the girls to the Capital, Edinburgh, Where we did a whistle stop tour of everything we could possibly see and do! I know Edinburgh very well after living and studying there for a year so I was the perfect tour guide, showing them parliament, the castle, Grey Friers Bobby, Royal mile, National Museum of Scotland, and, my personal favourite, the Edinburgh Dungeons!!
That evening, after returning home we feasted on Haggis, Macaroni pie (a legendary dish I had told the girls about while on exchange) and Irn Bru! the perfect way to end a wee trip to my beautiful home country! We have already promised each other to spend Paddy's Day in Dublin and Midsummer in Sweden so watch this space!
Hope you guys all had a lovely Christmas and New Year!
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