Hiya! Last Friday my flatemates, friends, and I went to a Céilidh. It was awesome! Its a traditional Scottish dance, music, and food. I was all prepared to try haggis, and then found out (even the vegetarian haggis) has oats in it. So much for this 'Taste of Scotland' party. However, I do have two friends who are determined to find me Gluten Free Haggis. Well, when in Rome... Maybe that applies to Scotland. When in Scotland, do as the Scotts do?! We shall see. I love Céilidh dancing. It reminded me of the folkdancing I did in high school and some of the dances were very similar. It was a blast. Céilidh dancing is alot of spinning, running, and kicking. Its awesome. I highly recommend it if you have a chance to learn new dances. At the end of the night as we were leaving, a Scotsman let me try on his bagpipes. :) As I was trying to put it on he told me, "Imagine you are making love to an octopus"
That was awesome.
Every Sunday night, my flatmates and I...and the flat from across the hall...(Usually just one of thier flat mates..who is kind of an honorary flatmember of ours) have a movie night. It's fun. We had pizza last week, dominos needs to learn to cut their gluten free pizza, but maybe it was to not cross contaminate...so if that is the case, I appreciate it. It was good. I still want someone to try the hotdog stuffed pizza crust. Somehow I can see my niece loving that pizza!
Classes are going well. I am still loving the dissection aspect of the class and wish there was more. There is a sense of peace and happiness that I cannot explain that comes over me when I dissect.
I love it here, but its the little things that I really miss. Like a washering machine. At my years in undergrad, the money for the machine was included in tuition and fees...not here. Its too expensive to wash clothes. Now, before you think I do not wash clothes, remember, it was my brother who went a week at camp with a single pair of underwear! I wash my clothes by hand and then machine wash my clothes 2x a month. All I know is that I would not make a very good 18th century house wife, because dang! Washing clothes by hand, sucks! It is super hard. Makes me want to wear scrubs for a whole week just so they will be easier to hand wash. I miss television. I didnt think I would, but I do. I have gotten use to watching some shows online, but its annoying when they have to buffer every 2 minutes. Other then that...I miss real coffee and coffee creamer. Food wise, I dont miss anything. I am good (so far) without ac and heat. I am now use to my super tiny shower. I do love the concrete here, the rain (which doesn't happen much), the cold weather, walking everywhere... and my classes.
Last night my flatmates and friends went to an Indian restraunt. Evidently, curry is the number 1 dish in the UK (I think I heard that right). Well, I had Garlic Chili Chicken Tikka. I looked it up, and it contained no gluten so I figured I was safe. Sweet! I have had an Indian Organic frozen food dish in the states...not a problem, I got this. WRONG. I am from Texas, I can basically drink Tobasco sauce. This was like straight ghost pepper hot. Ok, not really, but it had straight chilli powder, green chilis and red chilis. I think I died. My friend switched dishes with me (after much conviencing...Im stubborn and tried to do it), and after almost a pitcher and a half of water, my mouth burned. We went for ice cream after and I had nutella gelato, which was amazing and my mouth and I lived. My flatmates keep offering to make me Indian dishes... and I am ok with never trying it again. Spicy or not. I miss my chicken fingers and mustard/ketchup sauce. (Miss you Brett)
I cannot wait to see what the month of October has instore for me in terms of adventures. Maybe more Céilidh, maybe haggis, maybe rain?! Who knows. I will keep you all updated. I love and miss you all.
Here is a picture from the Taste of Scotland. The Scotsman is presenting the Haggis. (Sorry it's blurry)
Cheers!
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