Day 4: Why hello there squirrel

First off, I have to comment on the weather. Morning: grey with rain/sleet. Mid-day: heavy snow flurries. Early afternoon: bright sun. Night: bitter cold. It's worse than Ithaca here!

I had a few hour gap in between classes at the science/engineering campus and since I hadn't really explored that area before today, I figured it was the perfect chance to explore around. First stop: cutting through a fence unto a golf course. Next, I took a residential road a mile or two out where I eventually came upon a neat path that wound through the forest. It was there that I saw my first Scottish squirrel! It doesn't look any different, I wonder if these guys have accents... Eventually the path led into a shopping center, which I was a little disappointed about. I can't wait to get into the hills and far away from all this commercialization. Some things are universal in both American and Scottish cultures- an obsession with buying things, or at least an obsession with having the means to buy things.  Anyway, I walked through the mall and had a pretty good time attempting to decipher the accents of people passing by. Sometimes I can't even tell if they're speaking in English at first!

After that I headed back to campus for my class. My friend and I took the free student bus back afterwards which broke down on the way home! The driver was very relaxed about it though (aka he didn't tell anyone what the hell was going on) and eventually a replacement bus was sent which we took back, no problem. Once back at my flat, I cooked my THIRD dinner so far here- I boiled rice and cooked chicken to go with it. Not too shabby :) Next I took a shower, and the reason I'm boring you with that information is because this is the first time our shower has worked since I got here!

Later tonight I met up with friends and we went to a bar that had a comedy night. Most of it was funny, but there were definitely some culture gaps or just differences in phrasing that we didn't quite understand. And there was a skit about lice, that one I wasn't quite sure if anyone understood...Hopefully as my time goes on here I catch on to all their cool British phrases :) And with that, cheers!