Scotland!

Rain go away.

So sexy 

“Byi byi now have a nice trrreep.” Those were the accent infused words we heard as we drove away from the English border guard on our way off our ferry from Amsterdam. That day we were to drive up the coast to Edinburgh, Scotland. On the way to Edinburgh we stopped at Warkworth Castle, which was the castle that belonged to the Earl of Warkworth and was one of the settings in a Shakespearian story. We stayed one night at Edinburgh and saw the Edinburgh Castle which in my opinion was the best well kept castle I’ve seen on the trip so far. They also kept the Scottish crown jewels there which were once worn by Mary Queen of Scots. After the castle we drove for the rest of the day to a small town outside of Glasgow called Port Glasgow (soo creative). In Glasgow we went to two museums. The Kelvingrove Museum had lots of old paintings and artefacts! Yea old paintings! Apparently at one time the museum had the best art collection in all of Europe. The other museum, The Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel was about the “evolution” of vehicles like cars, boats, and bikes since the early twelve hundreds. It also had an old tall ship floating on the River Clyde turned into a museum. A tall ship is a large sailing vessel.

The rolling green hills of Scotlnad!

Since we have arrived in Europe we have been making fun of accents all the time particularly, the Germans when they spoke English. However, since we have arrived in Scotland sometimes it’s hard not to giggle when Scots are talking to us. Sometimes we can’t even understand them if they talk fast, all we hear is a blur of words. Just yesterday I walked in to an Asian restaurant and I asked for a burger and the Asian guy had to ask me three times if I wanted chips (fries) because I couldn’t understand him. I think the guy didn’t like me after that because after I ordered and sat down on a chair he kept muttering to himself.  We are off to Ireland tomorrow and I wonder if an Irish accent is going to be any worse to understand than a Scottish person. Though I bet it will be funnier to listen to.

Oh Willie, you were my first glimpse at a real Scot.

SWANNN!