- Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
- The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
- I know of no reason
- Why Gunpowder Treason
- Should ever be forgot.
Bonfire Night fireworks, as seen from Calton Hill.
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Bonfire Night
Bonfire Night fireworks, as seen from Calton Hill.
Monday, 5 November 2007
Pipes and Drums
These Prince's Street performers are my absolute favorite. I stop and watch them every chance I get. Completely amazing, and worth the couple of pounds I chipped in when they were finished.
Sunday, 4 November 2007
Chipper at the Chippy
Nothing is more British than fish and chips. Ok, so I don't like fish. But I had a burger and chips and topped it off with an IRN-BRU, Scotland's best selling soft drink (more than Pepsi and Coke!!).
Did you know that Scotland is the second fattest country (the USA is first)? Allow me to hypothesize why:
Battered and fried fish, burgers, onion rings, sausages, and everything else. Hello, heart disease!
Did you know that Scotland is the second fattest country (the USA is first)? Allow me to hypothesize why:
Ceilidh (I bet you mispronounced that word)
02-Nov-07
Iain's 21st birthday party ceilidh (pronounced "kay-lee"), celebrated like the Scotsman he is, was a lot of fun. For those of you who aren't familiar with this traditional British (Irish and Scottish, mainly) dance party, here is a sample of the goings on.
Iain's 21st birthday party ceilidh (pronounced "kay-lee"), celebrated like the Scotsman he is, was a lot of fun. For those of you who aren't familiar with this traditional British (Irish and Scottish, mainly) dance party, here is a sample of the goings on.
Friday, 2 November 2007
More contemporary art: Picasso
Continuing with my last minute exhibition-going, I took a break from being ill to see the Picasso "Fired with Passion" exhibit at the Royal Museum. This exhibit was neat-o and quite unexpected; not what comes to mind when you hear "Picasso." One thing I learnt whilst there: Picasso's love life was c-o-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-e-d. Let's just say he wasn't a one-woman-man. More like five or six.
It was raining quite hard when the museum closed, so we dashed to the (now world famous, alleged "birthplace of Harry Potter") elephant house to escape the rain.
No J.K. Rowling sightings this time, but I'll keep an eye out.
It was raining quite hard when the museum closed, so we dashed to the (now world famous, alleged "birthplace of Harry Potter") elephant house to escape the rain.
No J.K. Rowling sightings this time, but I'll keep an eye out.
I Want to Ride My Bicycle!
22-Oct-07
People and Planet bicycle day.
I love bikes. I didn't realize how much I loved them until my mom bought me an awesome cruiser at the end of my freshman year. It was big and beautiful and shiny and white. I loved to feel the warm breeze in my hair as I lazily pedalled around campus. And then it was stolen :-(
But enough about that. At the People and Planet meeting last Monday, we learned all about bikes! There was a tandem, a unicycle, another one that you had to keep pedalling (I forgot what it was called), and lots of cool old bikes. We learned about bike routes all through the UK and basic maintainance. Now I can change a flat tire!
People and Planet bicycle day.
I love bikes. I didn't realize how much I loved them until my mom bought me an awesome cruiser at the end of my freshman year. It was big and beautiful and shiny and white. I loved to feel the warm breeze in my hair as I lazily pedalled around campus. And then it was stolen :-(
But enough about that. At the People and Planet meeting last Monday, we learned all about bikes! There was a tandem, a unicycle, another one that you had to keep pedalling (I forgot what it was called), and lots of cool old bikes. We learned about bike routes all through the UK and basic maintainance. Now I can change a flat tire!
Monday, 22 October 2007
Angelina's Kitchen
Soon to come: a post about the day when Angelina made a whole lot of delicious food. Yum.
Geology Rocks!!
Man, I feel so clever for coming up with this pun-acious blog title.
Yesterday I went to Siccar Point with the Sedimentology Class (the same folks who brought you the Arran Field Excursion). For those of you non-geologists, here's my easy to understand description of Siccar Point: "It's a jaggedy 'angular unconformity' (slanted rock) that supports a theory that geology exists. Basically."
It's me, exciting to be at Siccar Point.
Now that's what I call Hutton's Unconformity!
Siccar Point is about 45 minutes about from Edinburgh, on the east coast of Scotland. To get there, you have to drive to a Turnip Farm, walk through a cow field, and then walk (or slide) down a slippery slope to this rocky area right on the coast.
While we were there, I saw two minks (those slippery animals that make expensive coats) and a huge seal poking his head out of the water.
After Siccar Point we went to another place on the coast (this time a sandy beach) and did some sedimentary logging. Boy, was there a lot of sandstone!
Yep, that's sandstone alright.
Yesterday I went to Siccar Point with the Sedimentology Class (the same folks who brought you the Arran Field Excursion). For those of you non-geologists, here's my easy to understand description of Siccar Point: "It's a jaggedy 'angular unconformity' (slanted rock) that supports a theory that geology exists. Basically."
It's me, exciting to be at Siccar Point.
Now that's what I call Hutton's Unconformity!
Siccar Point is about 45 minutes about from Edinburgh, on the east coast of Scotland. To get there, you have to drive to a Turnip Farm, walk through a cow field, and then walk (or slide) down a slippery slope to this rocky area right on the coast.
While we were there, I saw two minks (those slippery animals that make expensive coats) and a huge seal poking his head out of the water.
After Siccar Point we went to another place on the coast (this time a sandy beach) and did some sedimentary logging. Boy, was there a lot of sandstone!
Yep, that's sandstone alright.
No Glove, No Spread of Infectious Disease
Last week I had a lot of fun with StopAIDS, a society on campus that promotes AIDS awareness and raises money for charitable organizations.
On Thursday, everyone met up for a cake bake. The society had a bake sale on Friday, so we had to make all the yummy treats for patrons and passerbys. Because of space limitations in the kitchen, most of us were preparing condoms taped to candy and info flyers with facts about AIDS. About a thousand of these babies were handed out on Saturday night at the Big Cheese, a popular club night at the student union. We all dressed in red (coats, stockings, dresses, facepaint, etc) and handed out condoms/candy to people in the queue. They went surprisingly quickly! Everyone was eager to learn about AIDS and safe sex. (More likely they wanted a piece of candy.) After passing out condoms for about 2 minutes (seriously, hundreds of condoms in 2 minutes!!), we headed up to the club to dance to cheesy music like Spice Girls and *NSYNC (they don't call it the Big Cheese for nothing).
P.S. Did anyone notice the inaccuracy in the title of this post? I sure didn't for a few hours.
On Thursday, everyone met up for a cake bake. The society had a bake sale on Friday, so we had to make all the yummy treats for patrons and passerbys. Because of space limitations in the kitchen, most of us were preparing condoms taped to candy and info flyers with facts about AIDS. About a thousand of these babies were handed out on Saturday night at the Big Cheese, a popular club night at the student union. We all dressed in red (coats, stockings, dresses, facepaint, etc) and handed out condoms/candy to people in the queue. They went surprisingly quickly! Everyone was eager to learn about AIDS and safe sex. (More likely they wanted a piece of candy.) After passing out condoms for about 2 minutes (seriously, hundreds of condoms in 2 minutes!!), we headed up to the club to dance to cheesy music like Spice Girls and *NSYNC (they don't call it the Big Cheese for nothing).
P.S. Did anyone notice the inaccuracy in the title of this post? I sure didn't for a few hours.
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