Saturday in Aberdeen

Our first Saturday in Aberdeen has come and gone and while it was a leisurely one, we still enjoyed a few sights around town. After a very late night last night, the entire family slept in until 11:30 a.m. After we got around, we visited our new home, where we were greeted warmly by the home owner. The place is really quite lovely and the kids were quite taken with it, as well.

The neighborhood where will live is called The Campus because it used to be a college for secondary teachers. The school has since been demolished, but the dormitories were converted into flats and are really quite pretty. Perhaps when we get moved in, I will take some pictures to share with you. Apparently, our neighborhood is quite a diverse one, as well. We have neighbors from Ireland, France, Spain, and Russia to name a few. I think this will be a really neat environment for the kiddos.

After our visit to the house, we ventured out to the Sea for a look and then downtown for a quick tour. The buildings are so beautiful in downtown Aberdeen and I am so amazed at how many places there are in this town of 250,000. I think we could take our entire tour just exploring locally. While downtown, we saw a Bagpipe player playing outside what looked to be a wedding. Interestingly enough, he was the second man in a kilt I saw today. :-)



Brian has been trying to encourage me to drive him to work on Monday, but I must say I am so completely intimidated by the roads, rules, and other drivers here. Perhaps tomorrow I will actually get behind the wheel for a bit of practice.

A couple of interesting food items today... Dr. Pepper Zero (doesn't taste like Diet Dr. Pepper, but it will do.) and Crumpets. I never knew what a crumpet was until today...See attached photos, looks and tastes suspiciously like a pancake. Also, not surprising, Cadbury makes an amazing hot cocoa mix.




That's all for today. Perhaps something really intriguing will occur tomorrow...Mar sin leat.