I knew I wouldn’t have too much to write about this week, so instead of boring you with uninteresting stories, I figured it would be a good time to post a few pictures of St. Andrews.  This is really just a glimpse, so hopefully I will be able to get a full album up in the near future.  On another note, I actually spent a few hours at the library this week, and for the first time in three weeks, I went to both of my classes.  Also got in 18 on the New Course - thats five courses down, and two to go.

St. Andrews

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So this week was pretty ordinary. On Thursday, I was able to get in nine holes on the Strathtyrum course. Had my best round yet and didn’t lose a ball – a victory in itself. In my anthropology practical on Wednesday, I learned how to make rope out of reeds, and weave baskets from willow branches. Needless to say, I’m beginning to like that class. My class on the Mongols was cancelled for the second week in a row. Just in case anyone has been keeping a tally, I have only been to that class once in the last three weeks.  And I finally had the chance to catch up with my best friends from Holy Cross – skype is proving to be very valuable.

Friday morning, we left for our tour of the Scottish Highlands. Our tour guide, clad in a kilt, told us there were only two rules – keep a smile on your face, and don’t die. He was pretty much the man, and I don’t think we could’ve ended up with a better person to drive us around Scotland for the weekend.

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Due to the fact that one of my classes was cancelled last week, and the other was moved to Monday, I had from Tuesday through Friday off.  It gave me time to catch up on a little work and run some errands in town.  I had my haircut on Friday, which seems boring, except for the fact that I got a free glass of whiskey with the cut. You know you’re in Scotland when you get a glass of whiskey while having your haircut.  Although I have a lot of free time, I do have to keep a schedule so that way I can make it back to the dorm for all my meals. Otherwise, I will starve. I spent Thursday and Friday playing golf. This time, I played 9 holes on the Eden Course, and 18 on the Jubilee Course.  The winds here often reach 15 – 20 miles an hour, which is strong enough to mess around with anyone’s golf game. That’s 4 courses down, with 3 more to go.

 At St. Andrews, new students are adopted into academic families. Basically a third or fourth year student “adopts”

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Reality finally hit me this week. The vacation known as orientation week is over. I actually had to start going to classes,

Me, Hugh Grant, and George Lopez

and I’ve already gotten plenty of reading.  Luckily, I only have to take two classes: The Mongols and the West, which is a Mediaeval History course, and an Anthropology course on material culture.  Material Culture meets on Wednesday and Thursday, and my class on the Mongols only meets on Thursday, meaning I have a 5 day weekend.  Although it sounds pretty amazing, which it is, I have enough reading from those two classes to keep me pretty busy.

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