Today was my first day of classes and let me tell you--they are quite intimidating. I am taking Celtic literature (all Gaelic translations, phew), Scottish literature, and Visualizing Scotland, which seems to be a way of looking at stereotypes of Scotland v. what Scotland really is through pictures, art, and film. I unfortunately have class everyday and have not looked at the book lists yet because I'm afraid. But expect a freakout when I do. I already know that I have to read Paradise Lost for my Scottish lit class. Fortunately, all of my instructors are easy to understand.
Today it was cold and rained a little, but not too bad. Christine and I have tried to make friends in our dorm and have failed miserably. We went into the common room last night and talked with a group of friends that were all freshmen (or freshers as they say here). I briefly met the girl who lives next door to me and two of her friends and they seem really nice.
We have discovered that most of the students here are British, followed by Irish and then Scottish. We're fine with that though since we have also discovered that Irish boys are the cutest. As Christine said, "they all have a twinkle in their eye." Kind of like how you would envision a leprechaun. But better.
I don't have pictures of campus yet but I promise I will take some by the end of the weekend. The campus is really strange because it has very (ugly) modern buildings along with beautiful old buildings. One of my classes is in the old medical school which is beautiful and more of how I envisioned the buildings to look like.
Until next time,
Laura
weirdly flavored chips: prawn cocktail; cheese & onion; tomato ketchup
Prawn-cocktail flavored chips?
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What's a prawn?
crustaceans similar to shrimp...it's like shrimp cocktail flavored chips
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