Well, I've been gone a long time and finally I've found, or rather made, some time to write here. For those who don't know (presuming that I haven't lost all my readers anyway), I've just finished a three month training in Livingston, Scotland that is situated 20 miles west of Edinburgh and now I've got about 12 days off in which I'm traveling around the UK.
During the initial 3 months, I managed a couple of visits to Edinburgh, one day trips to Stirling and Glasgow and a two day trip to London. Apart from that, we didn't really have any time to travel. After we finished our course some 4 days ago, I started my travels in earnest and first of all visited the very beautiful Scottish Highlands, and now I am in Oxford and loving it here. Plans are to go to London from here, then to Cornwall and after that, probably to Cambridge or explore more of Edinburgh. It's still undecided.
After constant reminders from mainly Amiya and Misha, I'm actually going around with a writing pad, taking notes as I go around for the benefit of everyone. I'm not yet at a stage where I can think of writing a story from the material I have, but I can definitely blog about it and keep you all happy. I've got loads of interesting stories from the locals, sprinkled with a fair bit of history that you might or might not know and there'll be pieces of pure information at places. I'll try and make it as interesting as possible and break up my trips into smaller stops and anecdotes but bear with me if you start to get bored and comment about it. I'll try and spice it up. Also, I think I can begin to write about it because I've been here for just long enough to get used to think of fries when I read 'chips' on a menu and not of 'crisps'! Other pleasures of being in the UK include pronouncing 'Z' as zed and not zee, and at the end of meal in a restaurant, asking for a bill and not for a check! So much for Americanisms. ;)
Oh and incidentally, this is my 50th blog post here, and though it was a long time coming, it's still welcome to me. :)
During the initial 3 months, I managed a couple of visits to Edinburgh, one day trips to Stirling and Glasgow and a two day trip to London. Apart from that, we didn't really have any time to travel. After we finished our course some 4 days ago, I started my travels in earnest and first of all visited the very beautiful Scottish Highlands, and now I am in Oxford and loving it here. Plans are to go to London from here, then to Cornwall and after that, probably to Cambridge or explore more of Edinburgh. It's still undecided.
After constant reminders from mainly Amiya and Misha, I'm actually going around with a writing pad, taking notes as I go around for the benefit of everyone. I'm not yet at a stage where I can think of writing a story from the material I have, but I can definitely blog about it and keep you all happy. I've got loads of interesting stories from the locals, sprinkled with a fair bit of history that you might or might not know and there'll be pieces of pure information at places. I'll try and make it as interesting as possible and break up my trips into smaller stops and anecdotes but bear with me if you start to get bored and comment about it. I'll try and spice it up. Also, I think I can begin to write about it because I've been here for just long enough to get used to think of fries when I read 'chips' on a menu and not of 'crisps'! Other pleasures of being in the UK include pronouncing 'Z' as zed and not zee, and at the end of meal in a restaurant, asking for a bill and not for a check! So much for Americanisms. ;)
Oh and incidentally, this is my 50th blog post here, and though it was a long time coming, it's still welcome to me. :)
3 comments:
You haven't lost your readers. Don't worry. Eagerly looking forward to reading your travelogues.
Ah! Thanks! Good to know. :)
You haven't lost me as a reader, btw, even when I was at my busiest. Just not commenting, but I love the way Rta is coming along, except for the agricultural harvester simile! ;)
Same for the 25 things about you. Knew quite a few of them but some were still surprises. And I could probably write a post about why I am such a horrible videogame player! :)
So, you've been in Scotland all these months? Sounds great! Please do write some posts and I don't suppose there will be any need to spice them up because they are bound to be interesting. Something tells me that they will be.:-)
Enjoy the rest of your stay in Europe!
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