Rusacks Hotel St. Andrews

We are visiting the UK and Norway at the end of May and first part of June in 2010. I have never been to Europe and am very excited about it.

Our daughter has been attending Kingston University this past year so we are going to see her, travel and pack her up to come home. We have family in Stavanger so we don't need hotels and ...

... sundown we mosied off to the cinema to watch New Moon [murdering the adventurer in me once again..] which was.. *shudders* then just had a nice chillout in the train station until it was time to leave. My friends on the bus back, and me with the new friends on the warm train.

Nothing amazingly special, but it was a great day. And our new mates are coming over tomorrow for some more fun times! Gotta love travel. :)

Fun trip to Murrayfield for Scotland v Fiji.....lots of happy Scottish faces after the win, boys in fancydress, stag parties galore, chuc-chucs ferrying folks home in the rain, great cocktails in an Italian Jazz bar and running to catch last train back home on a busy busy Saturday night train heading South.

The day I had been waiting for had officially arrived. The night we were in Glasgow, Luke and I decided to take our own trip to St. Andrews and play golf on the famous St. Andrews' Golf Course. We took an evening bus to St. Andrews from Glasgow. At first we were on a bus that didn't go all the way to St. Andrews direct so the bus driver let us off at a stop and directed us towards a bus that would take us there quicker (incident #1). This and a million other incidences ...

... is where Prince William and Prince Harry went to university. The golf course was very fun to see because of its famous history. It's funny, too, because it's actually a bit boring to look at. There are few hills and the
entire holes look like putting greens, but it's just fun to see to say you've been there. They have since built a newer course nearby that is more like today's courses.

The city of St. Andrews itself is breathtakingly gorgeous right on the coast. The ...

... didn't show in the scorecard but he did hit an eagle which was beyond amazing. I was quite a good caddie and might pick up a part time job when I get back. The kicker of it all was we played 2 groups behind the whole Manning family...yep, the last two superbowl winners, the dad and the unfamous son. Incredible. We have made our way down to Liverpool and we are playing another course tomorrow before leaving for Dublin. Coming home in a few days...can't wait to see everyone!

... also from London, made up the three ball. Luckily the hire car keys eventually materialised as well that Friday morning, as our pilot almost lost them before we had even left Edinburgh! First stop was the hallowed clubhouse and links of St Andrews. Even though we weren't going to play the Old Course itself (for 2 or more players it ...

... got a bit bored with the Castle and decided to head out to our next destination. The castle, in my opinion, was greater to look at from below and afar, than from the inside. There wasn't much to do and with the great amount of tourists it was really hard to see anything at all actually. Nonetheless, the castle remains one of Scotland's most visited sites. Edinburgh Castle £11.00 Lunch in Pub £18.15 Total spent £28.15

... It cost 2 quid! but it was definitely worth it. Aunty Tracy Aunty Prema also shared another cone. However, while Aunty Tracy was licking the ice-cream just outside the shop, the whole cone broke & fell onto the floor!! If that wasn't shocking enough, a black cat appeared out of nowhere & started eating the ice-cream! Jesus Christ!! Holy mother of GOD!! when did cats start eating ice-cream... Gee!( or shd I say meow...). Anyway the pretty lady working ...

... I had spent there before. It was so nice to be back. Boy though the town was dead. The students were in classes and there was no one outside. I guess I didn't realize how much a difference the tourists make in the town. I saw two I think. Tried to go for a little walk, so I went down to The Scores. After about 30 seconds I could not see through the tears blurring my eyes shut. CRAZY WIND! Ah! I looked at the ocean for about two seconds before beelining to the shop. When I walked ...