2013-14 Classroom Reveal

Ok so my classroom doesn't belong HERE but I am too lazy to go to the other blog! 

Before....

After...

Leaving the UK

We left Scotland this morning at 10:30 and drove all the way straight to London arriving close to 9:00 PM. Traffic was not so fun. I am sitting in a London/Heathrow hotel wishing I were anywhere but here. I really hate big cities. It's unusually warm for London, the windows barely crack open, there is no ventilation so we can't really close the windows, people from the restaurant below are smoking underneath our windows, there is no fan, there are Mosquitos. The airplanes can be heard every few minutes. I think I am just tired, which is why I am complaining a lot. :-) I am not especially excited about getting on a plane again.

But...

I can't wait to be home with my dog. I want to eat my own food. I want to smell my own house. I want to set up me classroom wherever I will be assigned. I want to visit with familiar faces and places.

We loved our trip and would love to return again, especially to Scotland.

Now it's time to go home. :-)

Thanks for sharing this trip with us!

Quick trip to Edinburgh

From St. Andrews, we drove our car to Leuchars to park and hop on the train to Edinburgh-Waverly station. 

An hour later, we were in Edinburgh. Our afternoon started at St. Andrews Square in New Town (they were doing promo stuff for the upcoming British Open which would be held in Muirfield, Scotland this year so Mike got to take a pic of the Claret Jug there) and lunch at Hard Rock Cafe, then we hopped onto one of those city council hop on/hop off double decker bus tours and saw the city in a fast forward fashion. :-)

We prefer small towns...

However, we did get some decent Edinburgh pics while we were there:

Exploring the town of St. Andrews...

St. Andrews is a fun town to be in. Not too big, not too small. Nice people all around. Here are some pics we took.

The arch bridge down near St. Andrews cathedral.

The ruins of St. Andrews cathedral built in 1158.

The cemetery on the cathedral grounds.

I recognized the name on this...William Wallace.

St. Andrews castle ruins, right on the ocean front.

A little closer....and down the street, literally half a block and beyond we're more University of St. Andrew colleges along a street called The Scores. Really neat stuff, but I didn't take pictures of those.

We ate dinner here at Ogston's two nights in a row. They were open pretty late and our schedule was all off. They had nachos and potato skins...just like home!

This is one of the few shots I have of one of St. Andrews' two beaches. Kinda hard to see because I w standing on the other side of the golf course. There were tons of people on it this day since it was warm. We got really lucky with the weather, it was warm the entire two weeks everywhere we went!

Mike found this faded sign above a store on Market Street. It says "HENDERSON THE BAKER OF GOOD ROLLS". My maiden name is Henderson. :-) The current store is different, but it must have been a bakery in the past. 

Our last night in St. Andrews I tried a Scottish soft drink called Irn Bru. It tastes like bubble gum! I loved it!

We also visited the British Golf Museum...

One of many displays...

I think these were all the programs from each British Open...

LOL This is a countdown clock they have in the museum that counts down to the next British Open.