Sunday: Went to a London Marathon watching party at Katherine and Gordon's. Then went to a Dartmouth BBQ at Imperial College with Sophia.
Monday: York with the Honeys. Visited Yurvik (a Viking museum with a fossilized human poop...hehe), the Minster, the railway museum, a National Trust site, the Roman wall, Betty's, the Shambles, etc.
Tuesday: Visited St. Andrews and met up with Emily Dunn. Our tour took us to the expected places: the Links Golf course, the castle, the cathedral and then school. Had drinks at the Jigger Inn then dinner at "The UKs Best Thai Restaurant".
Wednesday: Took the train to Aberdeen and set out to follow "our roots" to the Birnie Inn/Church and then MacDuff (where my Mom's grandfather was born). After looking around MacDuff we went to a really windy town perched on the edge of the sea. A narrow road skirted the coast and had a sharp drop to the beach. Thinking there was a turnoff road we drove quite a ways down only to discover there was no road and no good way of turning around...luckily a nice local man was there to back out our car for us! It was quite a pretty pickle. At the mans suggestion we then visited the super isolated and very quaint town of Covie. It too was nestled at the base of steep hills right on the seaside. It consisted of a row of small beach cottages, weathered with time and puffing smoke from their chimneys. Lastly there were lots and lots and lots of fields full of baby sheep-THE CUTEST!
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