St. Andrews

Let me just say that Britain wins the Most Eclectic and Interesting Elderly People Award. Quite prestigious!

Now, you might be wondering why I say this, so let me offer an answer: The elderly people of Britain are amazing, and they are so different! From the short to the tall, the helpless to the helpful, the petite to the robust, the kind hearted to the stone hearted, the bespecled to the beady-eyed, well dressed to the not-so-fashionable, the grumpy to the graceful, the wanting to be young to the embracing of old age, Britain has every type of interesting elderly person, and I love them for it! It's so fun to see them interact in society. In the States, most elderly people are bland and uninteresting. I'm thinking of bringing some British elderly people over, just to liven up the senior citizen scene in the big US of A.

(I hope I didn't offend any of my elderly readers. The elderly people I know are really neat, it's just the ones I see driving and walking on the streets of the US that are bland!)

Anyways, so today I went to the tiny town of St. Andrews, about a 2.5 hour bus ride away from Edinburgh. It's a very small town, with three major, if you can call them that, streets and some stores. The factors that make St. Andrews special are the University and the Royal and Ancient (the birthplace of golf). Well, I am mainly interested in the University, but when I got there, I realized that it was Saturday, so the offices were closed. Even so, I walked around the teeny tiny campus to get a feel for it. There are about 1,100 undergrad students at St. Andrews, which makes it smaller than the High School I attend. As I looked at the entire town in about two hours, I realized that I probably wouldn't like living there. It's just too small! I would probably go crazy! And it's too far away from the major cities to make it worthwhile to go to them. However, it's a very good university, so I think I will request a prospectus and think about it.

The Royal and Ancient was interesting, but it was super foggy, so I couldn't really see the course. It was nice to see it, though. It's also on the ocean, but it was too foggy to see it, so I can't tell you much about it. Well, all in all, after spending 2 hours there after 4.5 hours getting there and back, I'd say it was fun, but I wouldn't make it one of my top choices for University.

Well, that's all for now. I have a fun day in Edinburgh tomorrow, then I'm off to Worcester to stay at my godparent' country home until Wednesday. I go home a week from Monday! I'm both excited and saddened that I'll be leaving Europe. Also, a peculiar fact, the above town, despite how it's spelled, is pronounced "Wuhster". Hm. I'll tell you when I figure the reasoning for that out.

Until later, goodbye Fair Reader, and please do leave me a comment or two.