So I guess I should still post about Oxford and Scotland...

...2 posts behind, 1 1/2 months behind. Better now than never.

Back in February, a few of us went on a trip to Oxford. When we arrived, we had a tour of the town and the different colleges. Most importantly, Christ Church College aka basis of the great hall of Harry Potter. As you can expect we were all going nuts. Instead of "walking" through the room and being in and out in a few minutes, we managed to be inside for about 15 minutes. Whoops.

GREAT HALL!!!! (with a ceiling)

In the beginning of March, a number of us took the train to Scotland. This trip was organized through our program so we were not entirely sure of what to expect. Once we arrived in Edinburgh, we got a walking tour around the city by our very own Scotsman, kilt and all. Unfortunately once the tour was over, most of the attractions were closed so we sufficed with some shopping and dinner at a delicious pub. The location of our hostel was amazing. You could see Edinburg castle right from our window. We then woke up very early for a day full of sitting on a bus… not the most exciting thing in the world.

The entire next two days were spent mostly on a bus getting on and off at various points such as the Commando Memorial, Glencoe, Stirling (where we learned how to properly fold a kilt) and part of Loch Ness. We spent the second night in Oslo, a small port city near the Isle of Man in western Scotland where we climbed up a muddy hill to a castle and I had some really good Scampi and Chips. Even though I feel like I saw a lot of Scotland, more emphasis could have be placed at the “tourist attractions” so we could have seen them more rather than walking by them. In the end, it was still tons of fun and I got to meet a lot of people as well.

View from our room

Rainbow out of Loch Ness

At the top of the hill where we nearly died walking to the castle

Gorgeous Glencoe

The adorable hairy coo (cow)