Weekly Update

Alright- here's my weekly update! I had a pretty packed Thurs-Sunday. My friend Liz (fellow ISU student) who is studying in Edinburgh came Thursday and stayed with me through Friday night. We did a lot of shopping, went to Uni of Glasgow, Gallery of Modern Art and walked up to the Glasgow Necropolis, a huge beautiful, old graveyard. We went right at sunset-- what a beautiful place.
Saturday morning my friend from Virginia Tech, Stacy, and I went with a group to go for a walk around a bit of Loch Lomond. The weather was absolutely perfect-- the colors were vibrant and the sky clear. I'm getting fairly familiar with the train system here. Let me tell you, Europe sure blows the U.S. out of the water when it comes to public transportation! Below are a few pictures from my Loch Lomond adventures. (Just to point out-- the colors are all natural. It really was that amazingly blue at the dock we stopped to get pictures at! Breathtaking, huh)
Sunday, I joined some other international students here at Strathclyde to go visit Dumbarton Castle. This is the location where (for you Braveheart fans) William Wallace was betrayed and imprisoned before being taken to be executed in England. Quite a lot of history packed into a little area!Thursday morning (4:30 am!) I'm headed to Ireland for 2 days in Dublin and a 3-day tour of Southern Ireland. I absolutely cannot WAIT. Ireland has been one of my top countries I've wanted to visit since I was very young. Going to be great! I'm going to be traveling there with 3 other ISU students. Woo Ireland!

Have a great rest of your week!! Love, Sarah xx