So after sleeping in until 1:30 in the afternoon, I got up and discovered that British Airways had delivered my luggage to the main office overnight. Happy day!
Now that I had my warm coats and rain jacket, I took off on the bus and explored the city center for a while. Then I found a grocery store called Morrison's. Grocery shopping in Scotland was an eye opener. It took me several minutes to figure out how to free a shopping cart. There's a picture above of the locking mechanism. Finally, I realized that you have to slide a pound coin into a slot in the gray lock to unlatch it. After you finish shopping and reattach the cart in the station, it pops back out your pound coin. Shopping was another interesting experience, as Scottish grocery stores are arranged very differently from stores in the states. I'll go into more details on that later though.
It rained pretty much the whole day, and I quickly realized how much I took having a car for granted. Hauling groceries to the bus stop and onto the bus in the rain wasn't much fun, although the Danish girls at the bus stop couldn't stop laughing at how many "packages" I had. :) Live and learn - next time I'll just buy a few groceries at a time.
After getting back, I dried off and cooked some chicken noodle soup. Around 10 pm, I decided to check out the downtown area. I took the bus again downtown to check out the pub that the University's student organization runs, which is called the "Union." It's somewhat shocking to see the freshers sipping drinks, as the legal drinking age here is 18. After that, I walked to a dance club and socialized with some other students for a little while before walking home.
That was all for Sunday... Tune in soon for Monday's update!
2 comments:
patricia & tony said.... i see you had a good time exploring on your sunday's adventures. i'm glad your luggage was delivered. ( i'm sure your warm coats & rain jacket came in handy. )tony & i can't believe that you have to slide a pound coin into the slot to unlatch the shopping cart. ( what exacly is a pound coin, anyway? )nick, how many packages did you actually have? tony & i can't believe the leagal drinking age there is 18. here, i think it is 21. it really sounds like it is very different there. cool! live & learn. peace & take care.
When are you going to post pictures with you and J.K. Rowling?
I'm waiting.
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