I'm the Queen of the Castle!

Tomorrow morning, Dan and I are hopping on the bus and travelling north to Fort William, the 'Outdoors Capital of the UK.'

But first, what have we been up to this week?

We sent many, many emails and phone messages looking for flats or rooms. Of these we only got to see one place, the rest either ignored us entirely, told us the flat was not available to couples, or that it was already gone. The flat we saw was average, but the people there seemed really nice. We thought about taking it...

But we still didn't have any job interviews. So, we are off to Fort William! It sounds like a great town! There are lots of hotels that are hiring, who offer accomodations with the jobs. There are also many outdoors gear shops, and a really amazing place called Ice Factor. It has the world's largest indoor ice climbing wall, and many other really cool fun things. It is also close to Ben Nevis, the tallest peak in the UK.

Monday evening we walked (long walk) over to Arwen's amazing flat to hang out. It was a fun walk, we went under a canal. Everyone else seems to think this is normal, I was pretty impressed. The fence around the canal was amazing, it was made into art instead of being straight bars. We passed a random playground with cool play equipment, and bought ice cream and chocolate bars on the way.

Today was our last day in Glasgow for a while, so we decided to do the tourest thing and see all the sights at once, so we went on a bus tour! It was actually pretty interesting and a good way to see everything (you can get on and off the bus at 21 stops, as many times as you want). We started at St. George's Square, a main square in the old part of town. We saw Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Green, and some thing nicknamed Armadillo, its a concert hall that looks like the Sydney Opera House.

We got off the bus to explore the Museum of Transport, and the University of Glasgow which is beautiful! Sorry but Tabaret is nothing special anymore, U of Glasgow looks like Parliament!

Dan tried to go to a pool session to go kayaking tonight and unfortunately that didn't work out. He contacted them a few days ago to ask about the night, and they told him where and when. He got there and found out there currently are no pool sessions as they do not have a qualified lifeguard. Very, very annoying.

Bed time now, as we leave in 10 hours!

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From the Botanic Gardens today.

What is Dan thinking? What is Arwen saying?

(Other than the obvious fact that they are both going to kill me for posting this, but they can delete it themselves if they hate it enough)

Because it's cheaper to call home than a house down the street, that's why.

Okay here we are in Scotland!!!

The flight over was nothing special, but that's a good thing when it comes to flying. We were early arriving in Glasgow, the flight was only 5 1/2 hours because the winds were in our favour. Kenneth picked us up from the airport and brought us home where Valerie had a wonderful breakfast waiting!

Today was our first "full" day in Glasgow (but not quite because we slept in rather late). We exerienced the glasgow underground which is nothing at all like the Toronto subway! First of all its tiny. The cars are very short (length and height, they are around 6' tall inside) and the route just goes in a circle.

We met up with Arwen downtown at Buchanan street and started randomly wandering... and randomly wandered right back home! Well, to the neighbourhood anyways.

The shortcut from Kenneth's house goes through the Botanic Gardens which are absolutely beautiful. The trees all have name tags which is helpful. There are some glasshouses (greenhouses) that we haven't explored yet but they should be filled with cool things.

"...my flashlight makes phone calls."

In 24 hours I'll be over the Atlantic...

...and well on my way to being in Scotland!!!!

This week has been great.

Thursday was "thanksgiving" dinner at my house, since we won't be home for the event and it was nice to have a get-together before we left. Heather's family (Mom, Dad, Kyra) were there of course, with both grandma Marion AND grandma Bonnie, too! From Dan's family there was Tricia, John, uncle Mark and aunt Naureen, and Grandy and Gramps interrupted their busy square dancing and camping schedule to have dinner with us.

The turkey was amazing, so was the team-effort gravy, Kyra made her newly famous sweet potatoes but the best thing was Tricia's home-made ice cream cake!

Friday was a fun night at Dan's including friends, Zombies, and Fire Poi... what more can anyone ask for?

Today I PACKED!! All ready to go now, can't wait. Also dinner at Dan's and when I got back to weigh my bags I realized that I gained FOUR POUNDS eating those ribs and potatoes! Very, VERY good dinner.

So I will write again from Scotland. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

As of wednesday night...

To Do:

• Shopping
• Packing
• Cleaning room at home
• Bye-bye parties

Done:

• Visa!
• Insurance
• Plane Tickets
• Job Application
• Daydreaming all day about Scotland