Honestly have no idea where the past 3 weeks went…now nearly mid March and St. Patrick’s Day and my 6 Month Anniversary in Scotland just around the corner - I find myself mid-semester, busy with the first round of coursework, working, running, and participating in Rotary events and meetings.
Apart from all the necessary, seemingly mundane activities of…studying, training for the Rotterdam marathon, raising support for ‘End Polio Now’, meeting and speaking with many Rotarians, and serving countless pints of lager at my new part time job…it’s the small things like Starbuck’s coffee mornings, running to a nearby park, and baking inventive ‘sweets’ that really ‘refresh’ me!
The weather is getting slightly warmer here in Aberdeen, and we were all blessed with nearly a week of sunshine! No gray clouds, no rain – which has been unheard of since I arrived in Scotland in September. The hours of sunlight are getting longer, and feelings of spring and BBQ’s are just around the corner…
The warmer weather has also brought new ‘spring time’ flowers to bloom! One of my favorite places in Aberdeen is ‘Duthie Park’. The park is about a 2 mile run from my house so I frequent the park often – and recently the park has been full of the most beautiful purple, white, and light purple crocus flowers! The ground is literally covered with purples and white, so much so that the green grass just peeks through!
Lots of grad school studying has led to treating myself to Starbuck’s coffee mornings, and de-stressing by baking new ‘sweets’ recipes. Scotland is turning me into a true baker! Since Scotland doesn’t really sell many ‘box mixes’ of cakes or brownies or anything, I’ve been learning to make everything from scratch. Mmm homemade vanilla cupcakes, blondies, lemon cake, poppy seed muffins, orange chocolate muffins…
Looking forward to the Spring Break and the Rotterdam! I’m planning to take my Spring Break week to travel around Belgium a bit and ending in Rotterdam to run the marathon – just 28 days until the marathon and 4 more weeks of training!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment