Well, I have arrived safely and with all of my luggage. It has taken 2 cars, 3 planes, 3 trains and a bus to get this far, but travel went well all the same. After eventually finding the group room I felt much more relaxed and happy. The group coming with IFSA is about 38 people, though heavy on the girls. People are very nice and come from all over. There are four of us that hail in some way from Tennessee, so it has been interesting to get to talk about home while far away.
We have spent the last two days in Edinburgh going through basic orientation about everything from Scotland to traveling to St. Andrews. The city is gorgeous and very easy, even for direction challenged me, to get around. I can already get around fairly well. It's probably easy because you can always orient yourself by looking for the Castle.
So far I have seen:
Edinburgh Castle, University of Edinburgh (Including a statue of John Knox), Arthur's Seat (a bit of a climb, but worth it!), the Parliament (I need to go back and see them in session some time.), St. Giles(also need to go back) and the Elephant Walk pub(Where J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter 1)
Tomorrow we are off to St. Andrews to get settled in and start orientation there.
More to come! Including a few pictures!
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