back in the US of A

I have been back home for a few days now and I have already cured most of my cravings. I had chick-fil-a on the way home from the airport (I guzzled down that sweet tea like no other), eggo waffles every morning (have no idea how I lived without them for 6 months when I’ve been eating them for breakfast my whole life), chicken and yellow rice and I went to one of my favorite restaurants in Charleston. YUMMZ.

I went to Target today, had completely forgotten how glorious that place is and then I got to just drive around in my car, singing at the top of my lungs. I think that must be the thing that I missed the most, you really can’t sing in a house with 4 roommates.

Leaving was really, really strange. I had no idea what to feel, am I happy? sad? I think I was a mixture of almost every emotion possible. There was a lot going on at the end of my time in Scotland, I got a lot closer to some of my roommates and started having a heck of a lot of fun and it definitely made it much harder to leave. I guess that’s how it goes when you’re leaving some place though. It’s fun and exciting at first, absolutely miserable in the middle and then all of a sudden you’re having the time of your life right before you have to leave.

And now that I’m back, I feel like I have no idea what just happened. I remember other Scotland interns from the year before telling me that it all feels like a dream when you get back and it absolutely feels exactly like that. All the sadness is gone because now I look back at these AMAZING memories and friends that I made and just feel so great that it happened but am so glad to be back to what is my real life.

what i’ve been up to

Well it’s October and I haven’t updated in forever! Too bad my life consists of work and there isn’t that much to update on. I’ll make it short.

I went to London and stayed at a fancy hotel

Then I met Hugh Grant, Andy Garcia, Michael Douglas and Elizabeth Hurley during the Dunhill Championship. They all look much shorter and older than you’d expect.

Now I only have a couple weeks left in St. Andrews. Looking forward to a little bit of travelling with Meghan and then back home! Lots to come :)

stirling castle

We got to the castle and they were filming some weather show. I tried real hard to get in front of the camera.

The William Wallace Monument in the distance (Braveheart)

The Cathedral

You’d think the Queen would have better taste.

close to home

My parents were here in Scotland with me last week! I had a glorious 4 days off of work and they went by way too fast. It was really nice seeing them! We had a really great time seeing as much of Scotland as we could with their friends Mike and Katie. They went to a couple other towns on the days I still had to work but on my first day off with them we went to Pitlochry which is north towards the highlands. I kept saying I felt like I was in a town in Colorado. It was so charming! Have a look.

um, no thanks

Brian the explora

dam

dam dad

This bridge was really shaky and I didn’t like it at all.

We walked across the dam and there were some pretty great views.

Then we went to the Queen’s view. It had, you guessed it, really good views!

paradise?

More to come!

the beautiful oslo – day 4

Our last day :( . We had a limited amount of time to spend in town before we had to catch our plane so we headed to the Munch museum. It was pretty cooooool guys.

The man himself, Mr. Munch.

That’s all folks!!

I just enjoyed another holiday with my parents exploring Scotland. Lots of pictures to share soon!