Christmas Jumper Season

The snow continues here in Glasgow and the glaswegians are officially killing me with how adorable they are--I live in the land of fairisle jumpers, kids running around with sledges, puffy hats and furry ear muffs. Plus the city is somehow even more beautiful than normal.

The typical view from my flat recently.

Walking home from Uni through the park.

The only problem is that the city doesn't take care of the sidewalks, so the walk through the park is basically a walk over a sheet of ice. Luckily it has been continually snowing so the fresh snow makes it a bit bearable, I look like quite the fool walking to Uni.

Yep, I'm pretty damn lucky to live in this city right now.

What else have I been up to, you ask? Well, Last week I went to an amazing concert at a venue that is in old train tunnels. The band consists of one small sprite of a man, but when he performs he certainly lives up to the name of his band: The Tallest Man on Earth. Tried to upload a vid, but my internet is janky so youtube him.

This Wednesday was also St. Andrews Day, so last weekend I jumped on a coach with two friends to Edinburgh where they had a Carnival, the opening of their Christmas Market, and free admission to the Castle. It was an amazing clear blue day, lots of snow on the ground and lots of families were out celebrating Scotland's patron saint at the carnival (which had some of the strangest things I have ever seen, it appears the Scots have a strange obsession with gerbil balls, there was a gerbil ball maze and one where the kids just floated around in a pool in the gerbil balls, very bizarre).

Some pics of the day:  

(strange gerbil ball amusement)

The carnival surrounding the Sir Walter Scott Memorial

St. Andrew's Square

Nearing the final countdown (sadness) of my Scotland affair, 16 days left. Had my last class today, now just an essay and an exam for school and lots of final Glasgow exploring. Must spend many hours at all the places I will miss so much!