Travelodge Aberdeen Airport

Okay, I know I've been boring. I'm sorry! Basically I've been trying to get used to the bits and pieces of university before embarking on significant journeys. Can't blame me for that :P There have been the odd trips to random castles etc but I have no interest in random small town castles, lived in the Isle of Man for WAY too long to be interested in them! Hoping for a trip down ...

... series - slowly seeing the world, one small step at a time :)

Insurance covered, visa granted, deposit paid and hopefully proving funds in Aus shouldn't be too difficult. Got a rough itinerary planned out, and just waiting to hear back to find out where my placement is going to be [either Brisbane or Sydney!]. In just a week one of my greatest dreams will finally become a reality. Screw Cancún, this Spring Break is going to kick some ass.

A month in and no activity? What's going on, Sarah?

WELL.

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.

However uni [the evil *******s] have decided to give ...

Well I have finally begun my journey!!! It seemed like it would never actually happen, but as I boarded that plane reality began to sink in....As we all know, i have no idea when Ill be home, where ill go next, what Ill see or who Ill be spending time with....which makes it so much more exciting for me. Now i have only been here for half a day and have yet to settle, but once that ...

... 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. 
 
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!

... 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.

Even so, there are a few things I've liked about Aberdeen ...

The trip back up to Aberdeen was mercilessly painless and within 2 hours we were back up the road, had the car cleaned and refilled and we were back home with Mum and Spencer. We had a meal organised that evening with Mum, Dad, Kathleen, Seumas and Auntie Margaret so the rest of the afternoon was just relaxing time before that. Dad had prepared his famous (?!?) Lamb roast, which was absolutely spectacular. We all enjoyed the food (there ...

Scotland and England, JUly 6 - 15, 2003 The British Isles do not have the image of an exotic, out of the way destination, perhaps as its in the news almost everyday, and the world is so familiar with the english language and customs. Or so the world thinks anyway. However, the Association of Tropical Biologists decided to have their 2003 annual meeting way up north in Aberdeen, the granite city of Scotland. That, and the fact that I had not met Aunt g and kit for more ...

Back up in Aberdeen safe and sound after my Edinburgh adventure and back to home comforts and more delicious home cooking (including stovies, mince, tatties & skirlie and even a second Christmas dinner!) Originally my plan was to only be home from the 22nd to the 27th but I'd extended that as a wee surprise to Mum and Dad so had even more time to relax and enjoy with them, as well as for all of us ...

Aright, a lot has happened since my last entry, I'll do my best to remember it all! So, I left the internet cafe and retrieved my friend from Princes Green. We went to scope out where the play was that we had tickets for and found it quite easily. On the way we looked up and saw a beautiful rainbow so I stopped to get a pictured (turned out great! will be on this site soon...) We had some time to spare so we wandered about and found very close by a hill with a great lookout ...