First of all, we are exceedingly sorry for the late update, but we have been very busy. The last two weeks have been crazy insane with trips, tours, and classes. Thank you for being patient with us.
About a week and a half ago, the whole group piled into a coach bus for the great Macbackpacker's tour. We had the most hilarious tour guide named Neil. The drive from Dalkeith to the isle of Skye took 9 hours, but with Neil as our guide it felt more like 4. We took many stops along the way, including various "sexy background" stops for pictures. It is literally impossible to take a bad picture in the highlands of Scotland. Once we figure out how to put pictures on our blog we will be sure to impress our followers with lovely scenery. The most exciting stop was at loch Ness. A group of us even took the plunge into the icy water to swim with Nessie! During our time in the highlands, we visited castles, (including the one from Monty Python and the Holy Grail) became more youthful by putting our faces in a river, and visited the faeries in the Faerie Glen. Neil told us some pretty great stories about the faeries that we are excited to share with you, but if you have a spare minute or two, Google it. They are eerie and very interesting.
After the highlands we had a lot of class days and some tours. Lots of exploring, lots of walking. We even went on a tour of "Dark Edinburgh" which was a walking tour of Edinburgh where we heard ghost stories, trudged through mud in graveyards, and even traveled down Jacobs Ladder. Which has another creepy story behind it. Katelyn even saw a ghost. For people who know me (Katelyn) you can probably guess my feelings about that tour. Unfortunately, Alex and Karriann accidentally missed the bus on the way to the tour so she missed it, but it's ok because she went on a similar ghost tour previously during the week.
Classes have also been insane. We suffered through our first two tests and have turned in our first couple assignments. People in our group are starting to get colds, it hasn't hit either of us yet (knock on wood) so we are being very careful. But other than that, things are still going great!
Right at this moment, we are sitting in the train station in Liverpool, England. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Ingrid, James, and Karriann, who took a later train. We will be in Liverpool until Monday when we will make our way to London, England. We were sad to say goodbye to our palace in Dalkeith, but we are excited to see what the rest of Europe has in store for us.
Once again, we love you all, thanks for reading and stay warm! :)
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