It feels like only yesterday that I was writing about moving in at the University of Aberdeen… and now I’m back at St. Olaf writing about my last week in Aberdeen! Oh, how time flies. Despite having some finals to finish during my last week, I had a LOT of fun. I think some of …
When I returned to Aberdeen after my trip to Budapest, it hit me that I only have a few more weeks left of my semester abroad. Although I am beyond excited to be going home, I realized that I will soon have to start saying my goodbyes. I’ll be going to some of my favorite …
The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 is a topic that has come up often throughout my semester in Scotland. I’ve learned about it at castle museums, on guided tours, and in nearly all of my classes despite none of them being Scottish history courses. Today, Alyssa and I visited the place where the Jacobite Rebellion came …
As promised, I am back for a second time this week to tell about Sunday’s adventure to Stirling! If you have read about my unintentional trip around Scotland at the beginning of the semester, then you probably know that I had actually already been to Stirling prior to Sunday… for a total of about three …
It has already been over a week since I returned from my trip to Norway, where I really put the “abroad” in “study abroad”. I can assure you that I also lived up to the “study” part all of last week… I submitted an essay, gave a presentation, completed a take-home exam, and started working …
Happy Halloween, everyone! I didn’t anticipate writing a post for Halloween because I was unsure whether it was really celebrated in Scotland… but here we are! I’ve learned quite a bit about the Halloween traditions over the past few days, so I thought I would share some fun facts with you all. Samhain Halloween originated …
If any of you have ever read or watched the Outlander series, you are probably familiar with the idea of stone circles. In the series, Claire finds a stone circle in Scotland and accidentally travels back in time by placing her hands on one of the stones. See my re-creation of this below for a …
It’s week five of the term already, meaning assignment deadlines are approaching quickly! Most of my essays are worth about 50% of my final grade, so… nae mair scutterin (no more wasting time)! Thankfully, I find my essay topics very interesting. For my Gaelic Ireland class, I am writing about a famous lament from the …
Another week has come and gone WAY too quickly!!! Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: I took a day trip to the Cairngorms National Park Last Wednesday, my friend Brennan and I met at the bus stop at 6:30 am so that we could make it to Braemar — a town located in the …
If you’ve read some of my most recent posts, you probably recognize the name “Slain’s Castle” as my favorite bar in Aberdeen. While I did go to that Slain’s a couple of times this past week, I also took a trip to the actual Slain’s Castle which is located in Cruden Bay. Here’s the story …