safe and sound

so, i got back from my scotland trip last night. we had an amazing time- lots of walking around and good food and the best of company. i am fortunate to have met some incredible people my first time around in scotland and i always enjoy seeing them again.

i'd love to give you all a quick rundown of the trip, but let's just say the expected drive of 6 hours took about 8.5 on the way up in the pouring rain. nice. got lost once. stalled the car 3 times, only because the stupid thing would stall out if we were leaving the interstate in 6th gear and i dropped below a certain speed without shifting it to something closer to 3rd. this may sound elementary, but trust me, i drive stick at home and never stall, so i think it was the car's fault! ha ha!

we spent most of saturday walking around edinburgh in the rain- seeing the sights and eating the foods. i managed to drain my battery on my camera before i arrived in edinburgh, so i personally didn't get any pictures, though i am just going to steal the ones that omar, adam, and catie took. saturday night involved going to 5 or 6 different bars and being out until 3am at a place i used to work for. sunday morning was beautiful weather- and we had quite a nice drive out to rosslyn chapel and back into oxford. great weather on the first half of the trip and everyone got to see the awesomeness of the scottish border country. a few good mountains and some great pictures!

now it's back to the grindstone this week so that i can take my ireland trip next weekend! yipee!