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Pre-Trip
I am so excited about going to Australia and becoming a teenager. It shall be great. Santa will come and he will give me lots of present, I hope! I've got one more day of school left and then we are driving to Manchester to get our flight at 2pm on Thursday. I think the flight is going to really bad because its 24 hours long. What am I going to do? I hope there will be a lot of movies and nice food. ...
Planning everything
So we're at the stage of planning everything. We know the basic route we want to go on, first Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands for a while as mark is heading out to work there for a bit then we can head to South America to travel around until the money runs out. Now we need to get all the details sorted but its difficult to know how much to plan because you don't want to be stuck ...
Leaving Haggis Land!
... onto presumably relatives for dear life.
I'm sure people must have been thinking I was a tad deranged as I skipped merrily towards the departure gate with a huge grin on my face! Ironically, the sun was out in Glasgow for once, I figured in mockery for me flying out. But even the blue skies couldn't put a smile on the faces of those in the Departure lounge. The rows of sombre faces were more reminiscent of mourners at a funeral than a lucky bunch ...
Mayday!
... or perhaps one of the yard chickens.
I accepted Ellen’s offer of a lift up the road to the pub for dinner. My usual salmon, chips and salad. In Edinburgh I realized that I actually like Guiness. Although I only drink a beer once every two years with Ulli Vieweger, it finally occurred to me that I could order one without him. A half pint is the perfect size! And then I walked the mile back home.
Casualty Report: No new injuries! ...
Welcome to Scotland!
... of the Reformation in Scotland and the present religions in Scotland today. Once we finished up there, we headed to the Necropolis which was nearby the cathedral. The Necropolis is a cemetery way up on a hill which gave great views of the cathedral and of the city. It was a little creeping with all of the huge gravestones and tombs, so I definitely wouldn’t want to be there at night! After looking around for a bit, we went back down the hill and across from St. ...