The Departure Diaries: Scotland! Part 1

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Scotland! Part 1

Amidst all of the Jet-lag and being swept away by Rome, I've neglected to blog about my FABULOUS time in Scotland... Truly, Scotland is gorgeous and I had great adventures with Mary and Luis - Thanks so much guys! You rock!

So I know that the blogs about my vacation are now officially all wonky - completely out of order, but here goes anyway:

I arrived in London on the 25th of April, after flying all night and losing 8 hours. I went through customs, immigration, collected my fantastic backpacking pack (seriously, I love traveling with a backpack instead of a suitcase!) and then proceeded back to the airport check-in, checked in for my flight to Glasgow and was off again! Glasgow is part of the UK, so I didn't have to go through immigration again (yay!), but I did get another lovely stamp in my passport. And off I went! Mary's husband Luis picked me up and took me to their flat. Mary was at work for a few more hours. So I got settled in and had a chance to get to know Luis, who is just lovely! He made some dinner and then we went and picked up Mary from work. Yay! I've known Mary now for eight years. We first met on the MS Maasdam, where we both worked with the kids. Since then we've kept in touch and have even been roommates at one point in Utah. I ADORE Mary! She has the best attitude about life and is just a completely wonderful person. And to top it all off, she's absolutely gorgeous and ridiculously photogenic. Killer combo!

We spent the evening catching up, chatting, watching british tele and just having fun!

Sunday the 26th of April, after going to church with Mary and Luis (and meeting some more fantastic people whilst enjoying a "Come to Jesus" kind of Sunday in her ward), we went to a cute little ruined castle called Bothwell Castle. It was just outside of East Kilbride, where they live. It was beautiful! After touring the inside of the castle, we took a country walk on a path down by the river. What an day!