Britannia Hotel Aberdeen

Okay, random and exceptionally early entry, but here we go -<br><br>So university decided to give me three nice holidays to work with, Christmas, Spring and Summer. Christmas is Barbados, Summer is the Eurotrip, but what to do with the Spring Break?<br><br>After looking at several options like much cheaper getaways to Europe, I decided I wanted to actually do something with this vacation, something that could help people. Heading down to ...

A month in and no activity? What's going on, Sarah?<br><br>WELL.<br><br>Moved in OK, Freshers week was a blast, but I just haven't quite gotten to the exploring part yet. Made a trip down to the beach, a few around town.. And it's actually quite nice here. It's cold yes, but it's a fairly quiet city. Not too big but not too isolated.<br><br>However uni [the evil *******s] have decided to give ...

... all taken care of the adventuring will begin. I'm starting to think Ill hop over to Dublin for a day or two before I start traveling south because I am dying to taste their Guinness! Ill write as soon as I know, but I think Ill be lounging around Scotland for two weeks while I get my ducks in a line. Obviously there isn't much to log yet but i promise it will get interesting soon!!!!

... most things are labelled in arabic there. I'll let you know if it really helps or just extra deadweight when I get there. I shaved my hair off last night too(with the dodgy aid of the reflective side of a cd-rom) so I could do without hair gel or shampoo. <br> <br>To be honest I haven't really been excited about the trip till last night when I did a little more research on where I'm going. Now its all come in a rush and I wish I was leaving today instead!<br>

... I'll be back in Tucson by 8:35 p.m. I've drawn some conclusions from my trip to Scotland. First, it's not as foreign as I expected. Once you get over the accent and the fact that they drive on the other side of the road here, it's easy to forget that you're abroad. The day-to-day life seems very similar to that in any town of a similar size in the U.S.<br><br>Even so, there are a few things I've liked about Aberdeen ...

... exciting, but, as they say, when in Rome . . .<br><br>Things picked up as the evening wore on, and I ended my night at Cheerz, Aberdeen's gay bar and club. I took in a drag queen contest over a pint of Foster's, and even joined a conga line around the block. I called it a night after they played The Proclaimers' "500 Miles," as what evening is not complete at that point?

Looking forward to the over 14,000 mile trip and the 19 hours flying.<br><br>Left the nice sunny day in Aberdeen. Nice view back down on the city/north sea as well as the office / quarry / home.<br><br>Also got some pictures of St Andrews again. But then it clouded up.

... thing we play is a blues shuffle. Simon gets out a glass and a metal slide " been foolin around with slide guitar, yeah". Sounds very much like the old blues masters. From there we start getting warmed yup, and go for a major sevenths santanalike jam. chbe police and reggae, more blues in different styles, boogie like the ten years after :Im goin home", to slow deep heavy minor key blues. Hendrix's Red House, the Blind Faith - can't find my way back home. Then take ...

21 April It has been an interesting ride of emotions this past week. I came back from a long trip away and it was so refreshing to be back in Aberdeen, to be able to communicate again. How quickly before it all fell back into routine - as if I never left. There's something homely about it. The end seemed in sight, now that break was over it was only another two months before I returned to Seattle. Just as I started to accept that, things ...

... was probable. Eventually they relented and let us in early. The boat crew welcomed us, took bags aboard to our cabins and we had a short time to unpack. The boat left almost immediately, a feature throughout the voyage was the boat got moving very fast. Sailed out Aberdeen Harbour and into the North Sea heading North. Sea was calm and weather fine. At 4:30 we had an introductory briefing on the foredeck, followed by Use of Zodiacs and Environmental briefings. The ...