Scotland experiences. . . .Graveyards and Healthcare!

Sorry I didn't post yesterday I was just so exhausted when I came in that I couldn't bring myself to stare at a computer screen long enough to unload my pictures and think of something creative to say in my blog. Yesterday we went and visited the Scottish Parliament and Roslyn Chaple. Today we took a 3hour bus tour to Loch Ness then spent a couple of hours out on the Loch (Scottish word for lake). Our tour guide was great fun! He wore a traditional kilt and everything!

The other two in the picture are Chris Wright and Dr. Adam McKee the instructors that brought us on this field study.

The castle at loch Ness was beautiful. I got several good pictures there.

After we wondered around the castle ruins we took a boat out onto Loch Ness. It was amazing.

After we left Loch Ness we all pretty much crashed on the bus ride home. Poor Lauren the other girl in the pictures has developed a bad ear infection so tonight after we got back and got some supper we had to grab a taxi and take her to the hospital. We decided to take pictures of it as we figured it experiencing socialized health care would count as a culture point lol.

Now we're all in safely for the night (it's about 1:15 am). I can't believe tomorrow is saturday already!! Tomorrow we go see Craigmillers castle and I've heard that it is awesome. After that we are free to do whatever we want the rest of the time we are in Scotland. The four of us pictured in the pictures at Loch Ness plan on climbing arthurs seat to take pictures of the city from the highest point. We've already explored one cemetery but there are several others around that we want to take a look at. I'll end the post with a few pictures of the cemetary as well as the outside of Roslynn Chaple. They wouldn't let us take pictures of the inside due to the fact that it's a church and it's a very very old church that is being refurbished. Anyway, enjoy the pictures! I'm going to sleep now.

Love you guys!!!!!!!!!

This is a picture of a cemetary we stumbled into. We thought we were going back to the one we walked through on the ghost tour but discovered it was a different one. The cemetarys here double as tourist attractions because they are so old and beautiful in a morbid sort of way.
This is a cemetary behind Roslynn Chaple I took this picture from a balcony surrounding the Chapel.

This is part of the outside of Roslynn Chaple.

This is me at a photo point we stopped at on our way to Loch Ness. It's up in the highlands and is so pretty!

OOOPS This one is sideways and I can't figure out how to delete it without deleting all the others above it! SILLY ME!!!. It's a picture of me in front of Hollyrood palace. We were originally suppose to get to tour the inside but Her Majesty the Queen moved in a few days early so we were unable to. It's a beautiful palace. I have some other pictures I'll post later I'm sure.

More of Scotland.

Well it's been another long day. I was going to try and post a lot of pictures but I'm just so exhausted I'm only going to post a few tonight. I'll post the big numbers of pictures when I'm not so stinking tired! We have had a full day. We went to the Edinburgh Castle, The National Museum, then tonight we did this thing called the ghost tours it was so much fun. However my feet are screaming at me! Anyway here's a few pictures. ENJOY!! I'll write more about our experiences later on.

This is a view of the city from the Caslte Wall. Tonight on the ghost tours we discovered a beautiful place with even better views of the city. However it was so dark that we couldn't get good pictures so we are going back in the daylight to take more pictures of that.
This is some of the buildings once you get inside the Castle gates. Edinburgh castle is actually like a small community. Most of the Castles are like that. The palace's are the ones that are just one big massive building.
This is the "One o'Clock Gun" It is a time cannon that is fired at 1pm everyday. Now most time guns are fired at the traditional 12 noon. However the Scotsmen seem to be rather frugal as they decided that it would be a waste to fire 12 shells every day at noon so they moved it to 1 pm so they would only have to fire one shell!
This is a Chapel within the castle walls. It is the oldest buildings still standing in Edinburgh. I have picture with the date on it but couldn't find it. I think it dates back to the 14oo's. This chapel is still in use and you can even have weddings there. However the chapel is so small that it will only houst about 20 guests.
The castle was for the most part a military strategic place. Therfore a lot of soldiers lived within it's walls. In a small garden just below the chapel pictured above there is a cemtetery where the soldiers use to bury their dogs! I have more pictures of this but blogger is only letting me upload 4 or 5 pictures to a post.

I close to 350 pictures today alone so I'm sure I'll be posting plenty more. I want to tell you guys all about the war memorial I went to inside the castle it was very moving. But I'll save that for later when I'm not so exhausted.

Talk to y'all later!!!!

YAY I"M IN SCOTLAND!!!! It's about 10:15 pm here in Scotland (so about 2pm in cali and 4 pm in AR) and I am POOPED!!! it has been a long last couple of days! I'm just about ready to crawl into bed but I thought I would post a couple of cool pictures that I took of the city today before heading off to bed. I'll post lots more tomorrow night when I'm not quite so horribly tired. But anyway here are some pictures enjoy them!

This is a really pretty castle but I'm not sure which one. . I'll find out tomorrow though!!

Just another really pretty building in the city center.
This was the highlight of my evening. Watching this guy play bagpipes as if it were nothing at all! I got some video footage of this I will post later.

YAY IT'S OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes that's right! One more year of college is behind me!!! 2-3 more semesters and I am out of here! I finished my finals on Monday. I got 3 A's and a B this semester which makes me happy happy!! Next up. . .SCOTLAND!!!!!! Yay!!!! I'm taking my computer with me and as long as I have internet access I'll be posting pictures and video's every day or two while I'm there. After that I fly to cali for the remainder of the summer. I can't decided if I want to just use this same blog for my scotland trip or start a third one that is strictly scotland. What do you think? Anyway it's 1:30 am and I still have to finish packing up my dorm tomorrow so I'll talk to y'all later!!!

Yvonne

Current Mood: Irritated

Yes this will probably turn into a lovely ranting session. I often rant about things that irritate me and this blog will be no different. The difference is I'm irritated at me!

Have you ever wanted something you couldn't have? Yeah that's the story of my life. The problem is I got what I thought it was I wanted and then after all that time waiting for it I realized I really didn't want it! What is with me???? I know you're sitting there going what are you talking about Yvonne? Well there really is no telling now is there? Its 3:19 am and I'm still awake after having visited myspace for the first time in ages. I realized that I was way behind on things and people that I've known forever are finding love and all that sickening stuff that I use to sit around and long for. Then one day I thought I found it. Well it turns out I wasn't ready for it so I'm not in a relationship anymore which is fine. I have no desire to get married anytime soon I realize that however for some reason when I see people looking at rings and talking about the loves of their lives I get jealous. WHAT IS UP WITH ME??????????????? I guess I just need to pray about it lol. Well that's ok I"m going to get smart and make money and them girls are just gonna get married, have kids and gain weight!!!!!!!!!! LoL I'm just kidding!!! I'm feeling much better now. Thanks blogger fans of mine for listening to my little rampage. I'm off to sleep now!!!!!!