Settling in Stirling: Karaoke, St. Andrews, and the end of Harry Potter

That has been the revolving door of my schedule since Wednesday. It started with a late night walk to the Meadowpark (or the Med as what it's called here) for some karaoke and...drinks. I did not drink, since I am not a fan of alcohol. I must confess that my lack of alcohol in my system leaves me out of a lot of things. But I am who I am and I'm not going to change...for ANYONE. Enough about that. Anyway, so me and a friend sang "Bohemian Rhapsody," yes, as made famous by Queen. A couple of people cheered for us, but I don't think we did that great...or at least I didn't do that great. We left at about midnight because there were some really obnoxious drunk people being, well, obnoxious.

Then the St. Andrews trip came. We were literally gone all day!!!!!!! I mean, we left at 7:45 am and got back at 6:30 pm. But boy, it was so much fun. And the city is so beautiful! It's a lot smaller than I imagined, but it was still fun. The day started with a guided tour, followed by me and 2 friends perusing and eating fish and chips for lunch. After our delicious fish and chips lunch we walked on the beach, for like 45 minutes. And the water was really really really really COLD!!!!!! I was not expecting it to be that cold; my feet got numb after a few minutes, But once we got used to it it was really nice. The three of us wanted to go up into the tower of the now ruined St. Andrews Cathedral, but it was a bit expensive and we didn't really feel like paying. So we just walked around the town, shopped, talked, and just had a good time. Not to mention I got to see the golf course. Yes, the golf course in which the British Open has been at, several times if I'm not mistaken. I took lots of pictures though, please feel free to peruse my Facebook.

Once we got back from St. Andrews, I only had a bit of down time, because TONIGHT was the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2. As in the end. No more HP after this. I actually just got back from seeing the movie. WOW. WOW WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!! It was...I don't even have the words for it. It was such a stellar ending for a more stellar series. I own all the books and have seen all the movies, and this one tonight was very very impressive. Granted it didn't follow the book exactly, but I wasn't expecting that. I was expecting good closure. And good closure it was and then some. Now I don't want to give anything away to my wonderful friends who are still in the states and haven't had the privilege to see it yet, but I will say this: you will NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

*insert long tired sigh* Yeah, I think it's time for me to go to bed now. It's 2:35 in the morning, and tomorrow is promising to be another fun day. Due up is the Dumyat Hill hike, that is supposed to take about 3 hours. And I'm already sore from today...and sunburned. Boo. All in all, I have had such a wonderful day today, and I haven't even been here for a whole week yet. Many more to come. Cheers!