SCOTLAND ADVENTURES

We spent a long weekend in Scotland. We left on Thursday afternoon after the Art in London class and returned the following Monday at around midnight. We all spent Thursday night in Edinburgh. The students stayed at Brodie's Hostel on the Royal Mile. After Thursday the students were free to do what they wanted in Scotland. Sam, Rachel, Krista, Taryn, and Matt did the Mac Backpackers tour up to the Isle of Skye. Andy and Steve went to Inverness and bicycled to Loch Ness and then went to Aberdeen. Ben, Dave, Lindsay, Bob and I stayed in Edinburgh for the weekend. Bob went to St. Andrew's for part of the day on Friday. Ben left Edinburgh on Saturday so he could go to a car show and go to the live show of Top Gear which is one of our favorite TV shows which focuses on cars and is a lot of fun with a lot of humor.

After we checked into our hostel and hotel (my hotel I should say), we grabbed some dinner at a great pub/restaurant on the Royal Mile. Some of the students and myself ordered haggis which was excellent. Those students that tasted it agreed. Later that night at around 10pm a group of us went on a ghost tour of Edinburgh which took us underneath the city into many haunted vaults. These vaults have been featured on a number of TV shows that deal with ghosts and hauntings. Very fun and creepy at the same time. Enjoy the photos below!

Andy and Gary "enjoying each other's company". In other words he drove me nuts for 6 hours!

Andy and Matt on the train to Edinburgh. We took it from Kings Cross Station Platform 9 3/4

Rachel and Sam

Steve

Krista and Taryn

Lindsay and Steve

Andy at Edinburgh Castle

Andy and Steve climbed up to Arthur's Seat as did Bob the day before. Here is the view!

Pub where we had dinner the first night!

Got Scottish Milk?

Ghost Tour we went on!

Is it a ghost? Or a bad picture?

????? Just appeared on my camera.

As did this.

Hallway leading to a few vaults.

The Mac Backpackers group!

Andy swimming in Loch Ness with Nessie. Steve joined him and then they rode their bikes back to Inverness!

Loch Ness

Matt and Sam also braved the cold water and went swimming in Loch Ness. Here with their tour guide.

The Highlands.

Taryn, Krista, and Rachel after they dipped their faces in the "fairy waters". They should now have eternal youth. Is that a wrinkle I see Krista????

Isle of Skye.

Matt playing in the Fairy waters!!!!

Ben posing in the new outfit he purchased. I got him to buy jeans!!!! Major breakthrough.

One of the closes off the Royal Mile.

A bit of Americana on the Royal Mile.

Night shot of the Edinburgh Castle

The Witchery, a landmark restaurant outside the Castle. I think the cast of SMU's The Crucible were seen in the area.

The Royal Mile.

Edinburgh Castle

Another Bagpiper playing a farewell tune!

The Top Gear Show Ben attended at Earl's Court!

That's all folks! A good time was had by all.