Who Said Anything About Golf?

Playing Shadows!

Yesterday, I went to St. Andrews. It was quaint, remote, and beautiful, but boy, I would have DIED if I chose to go there! It was extremely small! It was a one & a half-two hour bus ride, and the Scottish country side was breath-taking (though I have automobile narcolepsy-and I was asleep for 80% of the ride there and back) It was stunning.

A scenic picture from the bus!
Hay!

Once we arrived in St. Andrews we were brought to the castle and the magnificent Cathedral. The castle ruins were pretty amazing because it looked right over the ocean. While the Cathedral was very impressive with it's vast space and wonderful architecture.

The castle
The Cathedral--well part of it anywayAnother part of the Cathedral. I LOVED those arches.

Sara & I chilling in some stone!I loved the reflections of sunlight.

There was a tower that you climbed to get the whole view of the city. A man told us it was worth it, and so we did it. Sara, May (one of my flat mates) & I climbed the overly narrow spiral staircase of death up 20 stories (or more). The vertigo was a little unnerving, but once on top, I shouted down to May (who was behind me) "Holy Shit! It's SO worth it!" quite loudly & as soon as the words escaped my lips, I looked to see who was on the tower--four families stared at me in horror as Sara laughed her head off! It was pretty funny.

A view from the top of the tower.
On top, my hair flailing!

We walked around the Cathedral and then meandered through the town. We eventually found somewhere affordable for lunch and perused through smaller streets. We ended up at the beach!

The Beach!

And for good measure, we walked past the golf course because after all, St. Andrews is the home of golf.

Golf!

Once back in Edinburgh, we relaxed a bit until the Freshers Ball. Which was a dance party/casino/chocolate fountain extravaganza! Sara, her flatmate Claire (from France!) and I went early. When we got there the queue was outrageous. Luckily, Travis was already in the front of the queue-so we got to jump the queue. We were fortunate to have waited only 15 minutes compared to the awaited hour and half...We danced, drank (cider is yummy) and had a roll lickin' good time. Then obviously, what else could we do on the way home...but sing Disney songs! I had quite a good Saturday. =)