to top the summer of 2016 off, my mom + i visited my youngest sister dante at st. andrews. we made the stupid decision of renting a car for the vacation, the stupidity of which became very very clear on the drive from edinburgh to st. andrews. i'm pretty sure my neck is still stiff with stress from driving on the opposite side of the road on winding streets wide enough to fit a smart car.
st. andrews is beautiful. though the town was super small, the food was so fresh + tasty, the people were sweet, and the landscape was breath-taking—a lush, quiet earth on the edge of the north sea. we stayed in this bed + breakfast owned by an adorable old couple who had breakfast with us every morning. one day, my mom + i drove to this gorgeous little sea town called stonehaven. thinking about it now makes me shiver with envy of the me that was there in 2016. we visited the dunnottar castle, which is this 15th century fortress on an impossibly tall mountain of rocks on the sea. you had to hike for 30 minutes to reach the castle from town. though i got really sick from the cold + rainy weather, i am so grateful to be able bodied + to have access to these kinds of corners of the world. i really cherish those two weeks.
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| in the basement of some st. andrews student organization |
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| dunnottar castle |
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| tourists |
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| a medieval window |
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| mid-hike views |
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| mid-hike cows |
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| campus kitty |
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| edges of campus, the north sea |
