Old and Beautiful Buildings.

Where do I even begin? Since I last posted I've seen a lot, done a lot and loved it all, a lot. Last Tuesday was Dawn's birthday, so Dawn, David, Luke, Lewis (Luke's friend) and I went out to eat at a fabulous Italian restaurant. Jessica was already back in Aberdeen studying for her exams so she couldn't join us. Dawn isn't a fan of public displays, so she might have been a little mad at the waiter for singing and bringing her dessert, as shown below.

After we ate, we took a "ghost tour," which was basically just walking around a creepy graveyard at night. Luke and Lewis were terrified and they were not afraid to admit it (Luke left, Lewis right). 

This beautiful, spectacular building is... wait for it... THEIR SCHOOL. That's right, practically Hogwarts itself. But really though. I said in my last post that JK Rowling's kids go/went to this school, George Heriot's School, and there's a few similarities: for example, the students are divided into four teams like in Harry Potter. The school was built in the 1600s, so it's super duper old. Doesn't really compare to my high school, which was founded in 1974.

This was some beautiful blue building across the street from Heriot's. I don't know what it's for, but it's awesome.

This is the group (minus Jessica)! David, Luke, me, Lewis, and the birthday girl, Dawn.

This is the daytime tour of the school! Luke took me around to see his classes and teachers, we even got to walk in on a Scottish dancing class (of which his friend was playing the bagpipes). The pictures in the foreground (in the picture above) are buildings in his school, and the massive building in the background is the Scottish castle; that's the view of the castle from his school!

This is another shot of their school (in the daytime).

The quad.

Another close up of their view from Heriot's of the castle. Wowwww.

THIS IS WHERE THEY GO TO LEARN. I'd want to learn if I went to school in a palace too.

Everything looks cooler with green grass. 

Over the weekend I visited Jessica at her uni in Aberdeen! So of course I took lots of pictures of more cool looking buildings.

More cool buildings where students go to learn.

Finally a picture of Jessica!

THIS IS THE LIBRARY. So frakin' cool.

The inside of the library.

This is the view from the top story of the library. Ah-mazing. Breathtaking. So perty.

As you can tell, I've had an amazing time visiting Scotland. The Macleod's are the best company! I leave for Florence on Wednesday morning and as excited as I am to get there, I'm very sad to be leaving them along with this beautiful country. Later on today we're going to the Scottish museum which is a short walk from their house, so that should be splendid. More to come soon -- if you're still reading at this point, then thanks! I appreciate your interest in my travels.

Oodles of love,

Julie