Scotland: Day 6: Aberdeen

I have just had the best time writing these posts about my time in Scotland. It has been a great time to reflect on my adventures during the crazy hectic time of summer. That being said, let's get back to it!

We started our day with another bus tour. Now, these aren't really my favorite, but sometimes it was nice to just sit and stare out the window. And Aberdeen is just beautiful! We stopped at the Cathedral Church of St. Machar along our tour and ended up singing a couple songs in an impromptu concert. It was pretty cool.

After our tour, we ate lunch. We found this super cute pub that had great food (I had a potato) and drinks and a huge screen that was playing rugby while we were eating. It was a great break before practice.

After lucnh, we headed off to choir practice. Definitely one of my favorite parts of this whole trip was getting the opportunity to sing in these absolutely gorgeous cathedrals and churches. It's just such an amazing experience that not many people get.

After practice,we had dinner. It was okay. We ate at an Italian restaurant and Italian food just doesn't settle well with my stomach. After that, we got changed into our formal concert attire. We then performed our concert. It went great. We drove back to the hotel and my friends and I got ready for that night. It was just so much fun. We went to 3 bars and 2 nightclubs. It was one of the best nights we had while in Scotland. I just loved it.

Scotland: Day 5: St. Andrews

Perhaps you've heard of St. Andrews. It's the birthplace of golf! However, if you're not a golfer (like myself) this town is still completely adorable!

So we started our day driving to this cute little town. Although I suppose it's probably not that small. We just only saw a small portion of it. We walked around for a little while and saw the beautiful downtown area with lots of little shops and plenty of places to eat.

For lunch, we chose Vic. They call themselves a "Pub/Kitchen and Social Pub". It was so cute! There were board games to play on shelves. It was one big room with a bar on one side. I ended up getting the mac and cheese with garlic bread. It was so delicious!! I loved it. They weren't very busy while we were there, but I have a feeling more people show up at night.

After lunch, we walked a little further down the road and found this adorable little French place where we ordered some crepes for dessert. Oh My Gosh. So good!

We walked around a little more before we found a friend of ours and ducked into a pub for a drink. After our drink, the people I was with wanted to do a little shopping for the golf lovers in their lives. Then, my favorite part of the day, we climbed some rocks. That may sound silly, but it was so much fun! This was a group of rocks that jutted out into the water that gave such beautiful views and frankly, it was just amazingly peaceful. I could have sat there all day!

We hopped on the bus again and headed off to Aberdeen. We had a choir rehearsal followed by dinner. It was so good. I had a haggis stuffed chicken that was delicious.