Well this past week was pretty uneventful. Nothing new really going on during the week, except that I actually had to sit down and do a bunch of hw (imagine that, me procrastinating. I know, it's hard to imagine...). But other than that, more of the same. This weekend however was a lot of fun. Keith's uncle works with a man who lives in Glasgow, and this man Rob invited Keith and I to lunch and a soccer game. He's a huge Rangers fan, so we ate lunch and went to the game. There are two big teams in Glasgow...Rangers and Celtics. They don't like each other...HUGE rivals. Well the Rangers weren't playing the Celtics, but Rob warned us that if we wore green to the game there was a legitimate chance of someone doing more than yelling at us. So that was interesting. These people definitely love their soccer, and I know why. The game was intense, the crowd was great, and overall I loved it! We had a great time and I'm so glad Rob invited us to come along.
Sunday was great as well. Mike, Keith, and I had planned on going to Oban for the day. Well we got to the bus station and kinda changed our plans. Nothing like a group of guys trying to plan a trip...we get a lot of sudden changes like this when things are left in our hands. But we decided to go to this little town of Inverary instead. On our way we saw the coolest thing. I actually woke up (we had to leave early, I slept on the bus for a bit), and looked out the window to see this huge rainbow. It was beautiful, but the collest part is that it was touching down right beside us! I never even knew you could see that! But we definitely found the end of a rainbow, and it was soo cool! And whoever says there's gold at the end of a rainbow is a liar! I looked hard but saw none (haha, j/k). Anyways, the town is situated on Loch Fyne, and surrounded by mountains. It was a tiny tiny tiny town, but really pretty. We climbed up to this old watchtower and could see for miles. The lake stretched for miles beneath us, and mountains all around. We just had to sit down and enjoy the views for a while before heading back down. Beautiful area, and we had a great time in the town. You can see the castle in the middle of the picture, and the town is up and to the left...very small.
Last night was a lot of fun as well. Keith and I had heard about the Christian Union which meets on Tuesday nights. We got times mixed up so this week was our first chance to go haha. Well it ends up that they were doing a pancake night. They posted flyers all around campus and people could text in a Christianity-related question, along with the filling for their pancake, and their address. Then we all went out and delivered the pancakes and talked with people. I was a little skeptical at first, because I don't really like the people who come door to door and try to force things on you. But it ended up that this was very well received. People had some interesting questions, and it was actually a lot of fun going around and just talking to people. Me and my partner were only 1-4...3 of our pancake people weren't there haha. But it was great to connect with a group of people like that...we all hung out for a while after our deliveries and discussions were done. Oh, and I finally found some frisbee players!!!
I also learned something new from last night. Over here they have pancakes and pancakes. One is actually a crepe though haha. I was confused as well. Oh, and they call French Toast "Eggy Bread." Makes sense, and it keeps you from acknowledging something good about the French haha. But anyways, the things we had last night were actually crepes...large flat pancakes. You can fill them with jelly, chocolate, lemon juice and sugar (strange combo, but ok), or syrup (among other things...thats just the options we had last night). Then you fold it in half, then fold in half again so it looks like a slice of pizza. Then you eat it like a pizza. We actually ran out of batter, so I didn't get a chance to try one, but I found this restaurant that has them and they look soooooo good. Just wanted to pass that along...their pancakes are different than ours, and they have some interesting fillings. The other pancakes they refer to are "Scottish Pancakes." They are very similar to our pancakes, but very small...definitely no bigger than the palm of your hand. So anyways, that's all for now. Hope ya'll are having as good of a day as I am! (The weather is beautiful right now, and I'm just in a great mood haha). Love ya'll!
P.S.- Aren't you glad I learned how to upload pictures? Makes these things a little more interesting haha. Unless it's like this first one and it's a picture of me. Then you gotta look at me and read my writing...I apologize for that haha
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