Today, Megan and I woke up at around 8 or 9 and started getting ready to go. We wanted to get an early start to make it to St. Andrews and still have some day light. St. Andrews is a town in between Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and is famous for being the site of the film Chariots of Fire, and a golf course, and some cool old stuff. However, the wind forecast for most of the day was between 50 and 60 km/h. This made traveling pretty difficult, and due to bridge closures and road closures we ended up in Stirling, which was in the wrong direction, and it took us almost 2 hours to cover the 40 minutes to Stirling. We tried to visit the castle there, but it was closed. Probably too windy... We got some soup at a bistro/pub and then headed towards Aberdeen.
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| This truck got sleepy, so it was taking a nap on the side of the highway. |
The drive was actually pretty nice, for me. The wind made it pretty tough, but Megan did a great job driving.
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| Some of the countryside from drive. |
We stopped south of Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, to see Dunnottar Castle. Unfortunately, it was already getting dark, and the castle was closed, but we did go walk around it. It was very cool, and it was nice to get something done today.
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| Looking down a canyon to the castle, which is right on the coast. |
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| The castle. |
It was so incredibly cold at this castle. The wind at the coast was pretty incredible. We didn't stay for long, because it was so cold. Once we finished, we headed to Aberdeen. It was great to finally make it to not a car. Megan's apartment is really nice, and I have a great bedroom. I practiced for a little bit, and then we ordered Chinese delivery. Jayna came over and we all ate, and now we're just sitting and talking at Megan's place.
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| My bedroom. |
Today was pretty annoying, but it turned out alright. We made it safely(Thanks Megan!), and it is going to be a nice visit in Aberdeen.
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