An American/Scottish/Irish Weekend

Posted by Kalie on November 14, 2009

Last weekend I had my first visitor, Lindsey!  It’s complicated to explain how we know each other.  Saying it the long way, she’s my sister’s friend’s husband’s little sister…but I suppose we’ll just stick with ‘friend’ for now.  She is from Minnesota, but is studying in Dublin, Ireland for the year.

She arrived at the airport on Friday at 4pm.  From there we took the bus to Union Street, where we stopped for a pint at the Slain’s Castle pub.  Since Lindsey likes to cook (and I lack in that area), we decided to make a midwestern dish for supper – Runza casserole.  It was quite delicious and simple to make!

The next morning we woke up early, making chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast (also delicious!).  We walked the two miles to the bus station, showing her my campus along the way.  We took the bus to Oldmeldrum, a small town about 15 miles north of Aberdeen.  In Oldmeldrum, we toured the Glen Garioch whiskey distillery.  Since it was Saturday, the systems weren’t operational.  We still got a tour, though, as well as tour wee drams of whisky to try.  The distillery owner’s exact words before giving us the tasters, “Are ye over 18?  Have ye had breakfast?  Are ye driving?”  Good to know he was looking out for us.  We tried one whisky at 40%, which I had straight.  The next one was 54% – yikes!  I had to dilute it with water in order to finish it all.  Before leaving we were given coupons for free tours when our families come to visit.  It was a nice quick trip to Oldmeldrum.

We got back into Aberdeen after noon, had lunch, and began making our way to the football stadium, as we had tickets to watch the Aberdeen vs. St. Johnstone football (soccer) game at 3.  I wasn’t quite sure how to get to the stadium from Union Street, so I asked a man for directions.  The man replied, “See the guys singing up ahead?  Follow those idiots,” which we did and made it to the stadium fine.  The game was quite exciting!  Aberdeen ended up winning 2-1.  After a long day, both Lindsey and I were pretty tired.  We stayed in that night watching the British version of Casanova.

Sunday was a much more relaxed day.  We spent the morning talking, ate lunch, then went to the bus station so Lindsey could go back to the airport for her flight.  Overall it was a splendid weekend!  I’m so glad Lindsey came to visit!

Cheers!

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