Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog where I will be posting all of my adventures! Today marks one week in Edinburgh, and although it has been mostly boring orientations, I have a few highlights from these past few days! More to come in the very near future!
The Flight Over- My flight from Newark to London Heathrow Airport was pretty uneventful (except when my dreams came true and I walked out of the gate as if I was the final cast member of Love Actually. Sadly Colin Firth was not waiting for me as I had hoped... bugger.) Butttt on my flight from London to Edinburgh I sat next to a very chatty red-headed Scottish man who actually made a different dream of mine come true by telling me that the Game of Thrones writer was inspired by Edinburgh when he wrote the books AND that "The Wall" (John Snow whatup) is modeled after the Edinburgh castle!
Haggis- Wikipedia defines haggis as "a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach"
-Urban Dictionary defines haggis as "a wee wild animal! Resembles a hedgehog, but with fearsome teeth, claws and a tartan waistcoat. They eyes, too, they be red and glowing like the moon. They burrow deep underground, and live around the highlands. They hunt in clans. And they're coming for yoo…"
- I define haggis as a delicious cross between meatloaf and sausage and the most famous dish in Scotland. The closest thing I can compare it to back home is scrapple (those of you in the Philadelphia area know what I mean.) Haggis is EVERYWHERE, there are haggis flavored chips and even haggis burritos, but I'm definitely not opposed to all of the exposure.
Irn Bru- this is the national drink of Scotland. It looks like liquidated rust and tastes like bubblegum. It feels like drinking 5 tablespoons of sugar in just one sip, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's a bad thing! You can spot the artificial orange from miles away.
The Scottish Accent- oh the accent! It's challenging when you least expect it, and the stronger it gets, the more awkward moments ensue. As everyone one knows, when you're in a foreign country many things get lost in translation, but the problem is we're both speaking the same language! So you just have to keep saying "what??" until the person slows down enough for you to understand them( this usually takes 3 or 4 tries) or you can try my "go-to" which is "Sorry I'm American! I can't understand you!!"
PS Everyday I switch off from thinking that I am living in a fairytale or that I am living in a Harry Potter book, more posts to come about each of these and what the city looks like! (also about school too...)
The Flight Over- My flight from Newark to London Heathrow Airport was pretty uneventful (except when my dreams came true and I walked out of the gate as if I was the final cast member of Love Actually. Sadly Colin Firth was not waiting for me as I had hoped... bugger.) Butttt on my flight from London to Edinburgh I sat next to a very chatty red-headed Scottish man who actually made a different dream of mine come true by telling me that the Game of Thrones writer was inspired by Edinburgh when he wrote the books AND that "The Wall" (John Snow whatup) is modeled after the Edinburgh castle!
Haggis- Wikipedia defines haggis as "a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach"
-Urban Dictionary defines haggis as "a wee wild animal! Resembles a hedgehog, but with fearsome teeth, claws and a tartan waistcoat. They eyes, too, they be red and glowing like the moon. They burrow deep underground, and live around the highlands. They hunt in clans. And they're coming for yoo…"
- I define haggis as a delicious cross between meatloaf and sausage and the most famous dish in Scotland. The closest thing I can compare it to back home is scrapple (those of you in the Philadelphia area know what I mean.) Haggis is EVERYWHERE, there are haggis flavored chips and even haggis burritos, but I'm definitely not opposed to all of the exposure.
Irn Bru- this is the national drink of Scotland. It looks like liquidated rust and tastes like bubblegum. It feels like drinking 5 tablespoons of sugar in just one sip, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's a bad thing! You can spot the artificial orange from miles away.
The Scottish Accent- oh the accent! It's challenging when you least expect it, and the stronger it gets, the more awkward moments ensue. As everyone one knows, when you're in a foreign country many things get lost in translation, but the problem is we're both speaking the same language! So you just have to keep saying "what??" until the person slows down enough for you to understand them( this usually takes 3 or 4 tries) or you can try my "go-to" which is "Sorry I'm American! I can't understand you!!"
PS Everyday I switch off from thinking that I am living in a fairytale or that I am living in a Harry Potter book, more posts to come about each of these and what the city looks like! (also about school too...)