A Field Trip!

WOW! So my sixth week in Scotland was fantastic, and I learned plenty of cool things. My week didn’t really start until Wednesday this week, at which point I was able to get two for one tickets to the movies with my orange coverage. Pretty much if you have an orange phone in Scotland you can text ‘FILM’ to 241 and they will send you a confirmation code. This code you can take to any movie theatre and get two for one tickets, which made the price for my friend Erin and I to see the movie 5.30 (pounds). We then had the awesome experience of making our own bag of candy rather than buying candy in boxes (so U.S.) it was definitely worth it. We saw ‘Wall Street: The Money Never Sleeps’ at a giant movie theatre complex down in the city centre of Glasgow. Wednesday night for movies is definitely a great way to spend the day.

On my way to my field trip!!!

Then my week became so much better when I joined the level one archaeology field trip to Kilmartin Glen. That location was awesome, there were some great historical sites, dating to the Neolithic period (at least that is my understanding due to lectures). We looked at Cairns and standing stones, and many stone plaques that were in the most beautiful little graveyard. We then got to climb to the top of a hill known as Dunadd (the fort of the river add) there were the most amazing views from the top of the hill, and I could see all the way to the seaside!!! After we did that we went to Achnabreck where there were many stone carvings on the ground, all sorts of cup and ring carvings (I don’t know what they are, due to the fact that I am not taking Archaeology).

A Cairn in Kilmartin Glen

At the end of the week, even though there aren’t a lot things I did, but it was totally worth it to go on a field trip for a class that I am not even part of. There are so many things to experience and see here in Scotland, so much history, and now I have the chance to experience it. An adventure to Kilmartin Glen is just what everybody needs to do. That and it’s one of the most beautiful experiences on the planet. Still so much to do, and so little time to do it, can’t wait for my next adventure to The Isle of Skye.

Me on the top of Dunadd in Argyle and Bute