You would think that people living at this latitude would expect some wintery weather, no? After all, Britain got a record amount of snow last year, and there are ski resorts in Scotland, for goodness sake. So, two weeks ago, when the snow started, I had no idea what we were in for.
First of all, St. Andrews never got more than six inches and it never lasted more than 48 hours. Lectures were canceled for a week. I've never had so many snow days in my life, Millcreek should take lessons. Apparently, it was much worse inland. People got stuck in Dundee (six miles away) for days and it took ages for people to get back from Glasgow. Even this week, people were telecommuting to lectures from Edinburgh... roads were closed, bus companies shut down, even the train wasn't running north of Edinburgh. The only plows I saw were mini ones on the sidewalks and they kept trying to run me over. Apparently a big emergency shipment of salt is arriving from Peru. Isn't that wonderful?!
In other news, I cooked a turkey the weekend after Thanksgiving. I've been working on my final project of the semester. And I am going to the German Christmas market in Edinburgh this weekend. I will be home in less than a week and I could not be more excited to get a tree and start making cookies... and nap with the cat.
