HAHA! Great week here in Scotland, I must say though the weather outside is rather frightful (we have started getting frost, and rain, and there are predictions of snow soon...) and the fire would be very delightful (but unfortunately I have no fireplace) It is so very pretty outside. That and there are things to do. The sun has been setting at about 4 in the afternoon these days, which makes walking home after class and the library a wee bit dark and chilly, it is fantastic during the day, and the sunset is to die for, literally one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
Classes have been getting serious though as the term is nearing its close. Papers, tests, and preparations for finals are under way here in Glasgow, and it is not doing me any favours, because there is still so much to do. I mean the Christmas season is coming here so there are all sorts of festivities and excitement is occurring. The city centre has been decorated for the most part with all sorts of Christmassy lights and I think everyone is getting in the spirit, even though we still have class and finals.
Only one really fun thing happened this week (if you don’t include test taking in your fun counts, which I don’t) I got to see Harry Potter. Now I know pretty much everyone got to see Harry Potter back in Colorado, and most probably went to the midnight showing, which there was no option of here in Scotland, but... I got to see Harry Potter, in the land of Harry Potter. You see, you got to see Harry Potter before me, but they don’t film in the states, they film in places like London (went there), and Scotland (that’s where I am). Though no filming for the movies has occurred in Glasgow, it has happened here. Take the Hogwarts express for example, it runs through Scotland, and Hagrid’s Hut, also in Scotland. I learned as well that the really cool place where Harry and Dumbledore go to get the locket was filmed wayyyyyyy up in the Highlands. So yes, we have all seen Harry Potter, but I got to see it here, which is much cooler.
What’s to come next you may ask... Well with the Holiday season starting there is going to be a Christmas market in the city centre, and of course next weekend is St. Andrew’s weekend, so I will be celebrating down in the city centre where they have a celebration going on. That then school will finish, I will go to Paris, then I will take some very fun and fantastic tests (also known as horrifying finals) then I will have a week to enjoy my favourite place in the world. Finally I will be back home in one month, so may my family start the countdown, and I will keep hoping for some magic that keeps the time moving slowly.
(for kicks and giggles) And also, on another Harry Potter note, I go to school with a castle, not everyone can say that, especially not my American friends...
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