Well, welcome back to another rousing edition of my blog. Now i know that some of you faithful readers out there have been waiting on this post with held breath and high hopes. I really am going to aspire to make this post all that it can be. So here we we go, off on another adventure.
So as you might already be aware there was someone coming to visit me at the close of my last post. That minor character just happened to be Mikaela and she was coming to visit for a couple days over Halloween. So she flew into Edinburgh airport where I was waiting at the international arrivals. Which brings me to a tad of a tangent I would like to go off on...
So I have decided that if I ever lose faith in humanity or the people around me and decide that we are all barbarians with a fixation for violence and hatred to all other humans, I just need to head to the international arrivals of the nearest airport. The pure anticipation of seeing loved ones again is really something I have never seen before. I arrived a tad early to make sure I made it in time in case of an early arrival by the airplane. There were people pacing and checking their watches every couple of minutes obviously waiting for someone to come through the gate. It was the oddest experience as i watched and waited for Mikaela to come through the gate. Other planes arrived and I witnessed their pure joy and happiness for those that have returned. It really did reaffirm my faith in humanity and people.
Sorry for that tangent, anyway. Mikaela arrived and we toured around Edinburgh for a while. We went to the Royal Mile which is the touristy part of the area. As we walked around we did not want to see too much because she was returning with her family later and they were going to hit the high points then. We took the train back to Stirling to get back to the university and got to see the nice view of all of the castles and sheep and other things that seemed to look like Scottish stereotypes. After arriving at Stirling we had to take a quick detour to the food store to get food for the next couple of weeks. It was quit the endeavor and we had to fill all of our bags, and plus stuff my backpack with the remainder. We then took the bus back to the University. Well we tried to anyway... We got to the bus stop and had to wait for one of the University Link buses to show up and take us back to the campus. We got onto the bus and it never moved. The bus broke down and the bus driver got very angry and started to yell at the bus and engine. So we waited until another bus got there and took it back to the University. After struggling up the hill back to campus we finally got to the campus. Dropping the bread and other food on the way we made it back and got to put all of the food away. After making dinner we decided to just hang out and watch a movie.
The next day we took a miniature tour around the city of Stirling. I took her to the Fish and Chips shop in Bridge of Allen and walked down to the Stirling County rugby match. Mikaela paraphrases this next part aptly,
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It was a pretty good game, and there were some cool moments, like when Stirling kicked the ball and it hit the corner of the goal post (help me with terminology, Nick!) but still managed to go in. It was sweet =) We also got to see all the little up-and-coming rugby players - all the little boys in their rugby gear! It was very cute. I had some problems with the accents at the game.... I swear that one of the Scottish guys up a few rows from us in the bleachers was saying "Go JayJay!" However, Nick pointed out that there was nobody by the name "JJ" on either team, and that this guy was actually saying "Go County!" (the team was Stirling County). I listened and listened and listened, and it did NOT sound like "County" whatsoever! But I'll trust Nick =)"
So after the match we headed to the food market again and picked up a pumpkin for carving on Halloween. It was pretty exciting. The next day we got up nice and early and hiked up to the top of Dumyat (the hill/mountain overlooking the campus and also the town of Stirling). The weather was beautiful except for the rain that had happened the night before hand. This drizzle had caused the entire surface area of the mountain to be covered with a incredible amount of mud which made the trek up the mountainside very interesting to say the least. there was numerous times when we almost fell down the abyss or splattered mud all over each other. the climb was a long one but after making it to the top Mikaela did decide that it was in fact worth it to make it to the top. The mountain is so majestic and beautiful and I think it will be something that I will really miss. The climb down was easier but then again it always is. After hanging out for the remainder of the day we decided to carve pumpkin our pumpkin. We only had a butter knife so it was simplistic pumpkin but it was cute.
The next morning we got up very early and I took Mikaela back to the airport where she flew off to Spain to go to school again and I got to ride the train back to Stirling to go to class. It was very good to see her and I know I will see her soon again. Back to the harsh reality of papers and projects for a week...
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