Laney with a Scottish Twitch: Heads up Edinburgh

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Heads up Edinburgh

Started my travels today (And I say today only because I have yet to go to bed) and had an uneventful yet stressful trip to the airport. Flew to London next to a couple who was flying out 25 of their friends and relatives for their fiftieth wedding anniversary (I wanted in). At customs after dropping my passport in line (woops!) I met a girl from bucknell and we traveled the uneventful rest of the way there. We have been orienting and wondering ever since. Now, I am about to go out now to sample some of Edinburgh’s finest drafts!

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LucySeptember 11, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Umm, we need more updates. It has been three days and I want to hear all about it! You don't even have the convenient excuse Gracie and I have of having incredibly bad internet service. MISS YOU
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PUB GOLF

I found out last night why I love the Scots.... Pub Golf. This is practially a national sport here!

RULES:

-You MUST be in golf attire

-Your leader sets up a "course" of 9 holes (pubs)

-Each individual has a score card saying the list of pubs and the drink you purchase when you get there

-The score card also says how many sips are par (ie. our first drink was a pint of Guiness and the "par" was five, but don't worry you lovely daughter, sister, whatever i am to you drank it in 2!)

-Then you record your score (yes that means that i got 3 under par)

-The lowest score wins!

SOOO FUNNNN

Pressing Scottish News

"Yes, I'm an elkoholic" is a familiar enough problem,- you have one too many drinks and the next thing you know, you’re stuck in an apple tree. This elk had an undignified end to its all-day session, after getting sizzled on fermenting fruit. In the search of one last fix, it tried to clamber up the branches but got tangled in them. It was kicking ferociously when Per Johansson found it, having heard it bellowing in the dark as the rain poured down. ‘I thought at first it was someone having a laugh, then I went over to take a look and spotted an elk stuck in an apple tree, with only one leg left on the ground.” Police and a hunter were called but the anima was not freed until the fire brigade arrived. Rescuers managed to bend the tree until the elk could slide out and collapse in a drunken heap, to sleep it off. Earlier the animal had been seen weaving its way though the town already ‘under the influence.’ Drunk elks are a common menace in the region, especially in the autumn, when apples fall and ferment on the ground. ‘We often see elk stuffing their faces with apples around here but this is the firs time we have found one in a tree!’

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Heads up Edinburgh

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