6 whole months ago! Its crazy to think about.
To me, it still feels like it was only last week that I went to London and Paris and everywhere else - either that or the whole thing was just a dream.
And a year ago, I had just finished submitting my Study Abroad Application, and just beginning the super long (ok so maybe not as long as I thought) waiting process to find out if I was accepted.
If you're in the middle of this process right now - take a breath - try to limit the number of times you check your email ( I know I checked mine probably every minute at one point)
I had my first Taco Mazama craving the other day :( And I had been doing so well. And of course, that unleashed the floodgates because now I'm craving chips from the 78, and all sorts of other "UK" only foods. Darn it!
In honor of my 6 month anniversary of arriving in Glasgow (give or take a few days) - I'm going to post a couple of pics and videos that I'm almost positive never made it onto my blog (forgive me if some are repeats, I started going through my blog to see if I had posted them before but it was just such a long/tiring process that I gave up - yes, I admit it)
So here we go!
(Sidenote: My original intent was to organize these pics by general location - all of the London pics together, etc, but my blog is not cooperating with me, so they are essentially random - apologies! But I will make sure to say what/where each pic is from)
So this is a ... brick, statue... thing? In Glasgow, right near the Glasgow Cathedral and the Necropolis. I just thought it was really pretty, and it has a nice message.
Ok so obviously this picture sucks, which is why it didn't make it onto my blog before, but for whatever reason, I just think it looks really cool. This is from Edinburgh (the second time, right before we went to Paris), when we were on the Ferris Wheel. Its a building that I'm taking a pic of.
From a park in London - I just like how the swan's bum is sticking up (teehee)
In Edinburgh (the first time we went). I overlooked this photo before but when I took a closer look, I just thought it was actually a neat pic. I like the sky, and the building, too.
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Incase you can't tell, this is a picture of the changing of the guards in London. I did not actually see this for myself, I just stuck my camera up above everyone's heads and took this pic. You can't even really tell whats going on - overall, its just a really crappy picture, which is why I left it out in my London blog, but I figure, hey, its my only picture of the changing of the guard, might as well include it.
This is from Pollok Country Park, when we went to go see the Highland Cows (go read that blog post if you don't know what those are). "Way Out" is the fancy British way of saying "Exit". Their way is so much better, I think.
This is in Edinburgh - they have a bunch of these things all over. The green elephant that I blogged about the first time I went to Edinburgh is part of this "collection", if I recall correctly.
Once again, in Edinburgh. I just love everything about this picture - the sky (it was such a beautiful day when we went the first time), the angle, the details in the buildings...
This tree was outside of Hampton Court Palace (which is 'outside' of London). This tree reminded me of Dr Seuss!
Ok so this is a pic that is a repeat - its the Admirality Arch in London, and I did include it in my London blog post. I'm including it now only as context for my next picture, which I didn't post about.
I don't know if you can see it, but that lump thing in the middle there, is a nose! Its on the inside of one of the arches of the Admirality Arch (see above). Its apparently been there since 1997 - I guess that there are some political/social reasons but I'm not 100% sure what those are or if I could even start to explain it correctly. Anyway, its kind of cool.
These are part of a display in the Kelvingrove Museum, in Glasgow. I believe the theme here is against Women's Rights. If you click on the pic you should be able to read them all clearly. My "favorite" is the one in the middle on the bottom.
This was taken in the same park as the picture of the swan butt further up (I can never decide exactly what the name of the park is, but we were right in front of Kensington Palace). Anywho! We stopped there to have a bit of lunch, and that place is craaaaawling with birds, so obviously they were attracted to our lunch eating activities. Curiousity on our part and hunger on the birds' part led to the events taking place in the picture.
Tower of London (London, obviously). These are wire (I think?) monkeys. I think they are supposed to be "in honor" of the Tower of London's past as a sort of zoo.
A bench! From the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow. Its got engravings on it to represent Glasgow, and is just overall neat looking.
That is one funky lookin' cannon - at the Tower of London
At the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow - there is a tiny, cute little chair on the railing! So unnecessary but delightful!
A really pretty building and sky in Dublin, Ireland (I'm not sure what exactly the building is, but I believe we were on the Trinity College campus when I took this pic)
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An Elephant at the Tower of London - also wire - same as the monkeys, above.
Edinburgh. I posted some of these in my post about Edinburgh but I didn't put them all, and I like this one :)
Edinburgh Castle, (from the first time we went to Edinburgh). I never got a chance to actually go to Edinburgh Castle. So now that I think about it, this might not actually be a pic of Edinburgh Castle.
Also Edinburgh. This is another one of those things like the green elephant and the blue and white patterned Gorilla. I'm not sure why they were there, but I'm glad they were.
Teehee. I included this only because its funny (probably only to me and my family, or people like us). This was in Mallaig, Scotland (that was our destination when we took the Harry Potter train)
This is from one of the rooms in Kensington Palace, London. Its hard to tell, but this is a bunch of toy soldiers all set up like in a battle (and then on the back wall, there is a mirror, so you can see whats going on in the back). Like I said, its hard to tell whats going on, which is why I left it out. But its really cool, so ... yeah.
This is from Stirling Castle. I know I included pictures that were similar to this but I really like this one. To me, it looks like pictures I saw from when my mom and brother sky-dived (sky-doved? went skydiving?) Almost like falling or something.
I took this picture mostly for my mom. No idea what this store sells (but based on the stuff in the window it doesn't look like anything special), but its called Pink. Oh yeah, this is in London.
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A Fish & Chips sign in a (duh) Fish & Chips shop in Mallaig, Scotland. Figured I'd include this because its so traditionally British.
This is a little statue thing of kids (don't know what for) in Dublin.
London, of course!
I just really like this pic - its from Dublin, when we were on our way to Christchurch Cathedral (the building on the right is actually the "backside" of the Cathedral). Sayuri, Alissa, and Mikaela.
From Inveraray, Scotland. I don't know why I never included this in my blog post about Inveraray - I think maybe I was still nervous about putting too many pictures in a blog post, haha. Anyway, its become one of my favorite pictures, so I just had to share!
A random view from Stirling Castle. Its not particularly exciting, but I just like it. Plus, look how far away the cars are!
Same thing :)
A funky shaped door in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
This is from a little courtyard thing at the Parliament buildings/Big Ben (thats Big Ben on the right). This is not with any special filters, the light is just like that right there. Love that little tree.
Tower Bridge (London) - this is the first time we went there. I posted pics from when we went the next day, cause those pictures came out much better. The pics from when we went at night were generally not good but I'm putting this one up anyway.
These are some of the costumes from the show The Tudors, on display in the crypt (I think they call it that) in Christchurch Cathedral, in Dublin. Apparently some scenes from The Tudors were filmed at Christchurch Cathedral.
A pic from the way to the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge in Northern Ireland. I like this one because you can see the path ahead of us, curving around.
Another one from the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge in Northern Ireland. I'm including this because that land in the distance may or may not be Scotland. As we were leaving, our tour guide (aka, our cab driver that decided to go on the rope bridge with us), said that you can see Scotland from here, but I'm not sure if that bit of land is Scotland or not. So I make no promises (and so thats why I didn't post it the first time).
London at night, from Tower Bridge. And, if you look a little closer, you'll see fireworks :)
I'm only posting this because our cabbie is in it!
Just a funny little thing on the ground at Tower Bridge, London.
Paris - the Place de la Concorde is ahead of us to the left. We were on our way to les Champs-Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe.
Metro sign, in Paris! In the Montmartre neighborhood, on the way to Sacre-Coeur
A cool shot from Inveraray - I use the same excuse as the other Inveraray pic as to why it wasn't included before.
Once again, Inveraray. Just a cool little boat.
Inveraray again - I like that the boat has 'Glasgow' on it.
A neat lookin tree - on the road to Inveraray Castle, from the town of Inveraray.
And now, a couple vids that I'm almost positive were never posted.
From the top of Dunadd (the old hillfort) on our Archeaology fieldtrip.
From Inveraray, Scotland. Right outside Inveraray Castle.
Another one from our first Archaeology field trip. In Kilmartin, Scotland. Not the BEST video but I still thought I'd share.
Also from Kilmartin, Scotland. A little tour outside of the church and cemetery there. I wasn't trying to be creepy or anything (lol) - 1) It just looked really scenic and historical and 2) One of my friends who was in this class was sick and couldn't go on the fieldtrip, so I was trying to make sure I documented enough that she wouldn't miss anything.
Parts of this vid aren't the best, but I really wanted to get a video from London - and this is really the only one I got. Obviously, this is from right near the Parliament buildings and Big Ben.
Another one from London - but its really only just about the birds, lol. Oh yeah, this is the park outside of Kensington Palace.
I took this video in Mallaig, Scotland (after the Harry Potter train ride). Its "generic" because its "just" ocean, but I thought it was still nice.
A quick one from Northern Ireland, from the walk to the Giant's Causeway
Another one from the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. This one is taken from the very tippy top of a little "Giant's Causeway" mountain thing. Funny little note, one of my friends was at the top of this thing with me, and as I turned around in a circle, she ducked down.
Standing in the same place, at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Another Giant's Causeway one. The place is very video-genic (yes I know thats probably not a word)
I may have posted this video before - I'm not sure. But, I'm on a roll and it goes with the previous theme of videos from Northern Ireland, so voila! Crossing the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge!
Just a quick video of the view from Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland.
Not the best video - but its the only one I have of the Eiffel Tower, so onto the blog it goes! I was trying to record the light beam that goes around the Eiffel Tower, so thats why the video is so long- you can just skip to the end to see that...
From the top of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris - I love this! The sky is so pretty, and so is the city... and come on, its Paris!
The next couple videos are from Pitlochry, when we went to see the Highland Games:
There you go! Theres a couple more videos but I'm saving them for a rainy day.
(Thats a lie, I just got sick of the really slow way that blogspot allows videos to be uploaded - but I will share them at some point)
Until then, enjoy!
