I finally finished the book I was reading, and stole a quick read of another story while in the computer lab at stirling university... Both were very enjoyable. One I may have to read again, the other I have to write a paper on, but not quite yet. Now its just history and india until i get my computer. Me and krystin are thinking of interviewing melissa's flatmates (more me than melissa)
Adventures in stirling
We started our treck to the dangerous computer lab through the winding twisting hallways of the labyrinth that is Cottreal, (the main building on campus) where many a student has been lost to the flickering motion sensor lights and the white of the hallways.
Once through that hectic puzzle we set out for the highest peak, and very quickly decided to just go to the william wallace monument (the highest peak in the next few blocks) and slowly scaled the moss laden old rock wall lined paths with the added danger of obstacles such as dirty dirty mud and dog poo which would have stood in our way had we not been looking down from panting (not melissa) and occasionally resting cuz we were out of shape. Right right then when we got up there, there were giant dragon like machines which threatened to eat us alive -but instead were just performing minor construction to the area. Then we seriously thought of facing the dreadful challenge of paying the fine to walk up the 264 stairs to the top, but we decided to be smart and just took pictures from below. Then visited the giftshop where the strawberry castle-rock candy stuff flowed like wine for 20 p and we tasted all the flavors deciding Edinburgh was delicious.
are walk down was equally as treacherous and woeful as we had decided to refuse the man who ran the free bus transport, and we regretted it with each step... mainly krystin.
Then as our spirits soared and by soared I mean plummeted and by plummeted I mean meandered off, and by meandered off I mean we couldnt decide what to do next, we walked through creepy old alleyways to find a bus stop. But it wouldnt let us on, because it was a dreadful bus, so we walked forth toward town (the university is outside of town) and stirling with its stirling glory laid frontstraightaway with stirling goodness. But then a bus did come so we took it and it cost far less than we imagined possible. from there we ventured towards £ stores for we were a sorry sort of cheap wallymonkeys and krystin needs to stop spending money (but now she has decided to take out a loan so she is back to suggesting taxi's and coke)
Are £ store days were beautiful but too savory, for we walked out with things we didnt need like a smokers kit but a gnarley one in deed, and socks that say guiness but none of us drink the stuff.
Um from there we challenged ourselves with the hike of the century up to the castle (the stirling one) which we noticed because of its stirling beauty and stirling presence and also because of the signs pointing the way. But first we stopped to visit our dead ancestors in row upon row with tipped over graves and the like, just to sort of remember how many have died fighting the plague and such.
but then
oh but then we went to the stirling castle which could not have been more stirling unless say we had gone inside but we are all to cheap and the view was good and the castle was closing anyway.
so we had chips at a chippy shop and ramshackled our way back to a bus where we spent a little more but got a better view (doubledecker) and thus Almost ends the story of the first day in stirling. we braced the cold again to find internet and found a man laying on the floor, which we reported but now I feel really bad about it, as they are still hassling him (nicely) but allthewhile the guy is probably just trying to sleep off a hangover on the floor of the computer lab (whats wrong with that?)
you enjoy yourselves.
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