Well I’m off to Scotland today! For those of you whom I have not been in touch, I got back from South American in February, looked for a job, applied for grad school and after weighing my options decided to attend the University of Glasgow for a Masters in Global Health. I suppose there weren’t many options to weigh; I couldn’t find a job, and I got a full ride for this programme (not a spelling error, I’m trying out this British English thing). Plus my boyfriend, Marc, is Scottish so I guess I might as well give this rainy (but beautifully green!) country a try.
I realise the name of my blog no longer applies, but I don’t really want to change it…I’m just too lazy I guess. I did meet Marc in Chile and the chances of me going off to Scotland this year without meeting him are probably pretty slim. So I suppose keeping the Chile in the name is appropriate. But now that I have met him and have applied and decided to go, I’m so excited! Even though I generally don’t like being cold or wet or golfing or men in skirts I think this country sounds pretty promising
Apparently they make up for the shit weather by offering lots of indoor entertainment. Have you ever heard of indoor skiing?? You can do that in Scotland! And I supposed it would be a good studying environment; I mean, that is supposed to be my main reason for going over.
Marc and his pops are going to pick me up from the airport and we’re going to spend that first weekend up north in Inverness where his folks live. Maybe I’ll get a glimpse of the loch ness monster because that’s where he lives I guess! Then, it’s back down to Glasgow where I gotta start setting up my life for the next 12 months. Bon Voyage!
