Fried Haggis

So today was the second day of lectures. Not too exciting.  This morning at 7:20 am, my hall had a fire drill. We have to exit the building quickly, otherwise the next drill is 30 minutes sooner. I had no idea what was happening as I was abruptly awoke, and did not think to put on shoes when I left. I am right on ground floor so walked out into the dewy grass and stood there for a few minutes. We all did, but I just had no shoes. Luckily I went back to sleep and wake up and walk to town for lunch. I convinced Callum, my scottish friend, to join me for lunch at Fritos where you can get fried haggis, chips (fries) and a drink for 3.75 pounds. Great deal. So we did that. I have eaten a few bites of regular haggis, but never friend. It tastes just the same as regular haggis but is easy to hold because of the fried batter. It was really good. I was glad to have chips and a drink though. Haggis usually uses a lot of pepper and can sometimes stick to the top of your mouth. That may sound gross to some, but you cannot judge it until you have tried it.

In the evening I went with Brendan and John to the 'Blue Stane' where we watched a really good football game. By football I mean soccer, although they do show American football here which surprised me. The game ended with a tie at 3-3. The English team was hardly ever lost at home and were expected to crush the other team. The game was 2-0, but the underdog scored 3 in quick succession. In the last minute England was able to put another in for the tie. A great game. Afterwards I wanted to go to the Whey Pat which has traditional irish and scottish music on tuesday nights. But the place was packed. I think the Irish society was there. There was no place to sit and was just too busy.

When I got back to DRA, I spoke with my flatmate Sabrina (from Baylor University Texas). She too goes to a private Christian Baptist school and has shared the same sentiments as I in regards to differences from home. We talked about places where we want to go and such. It was nice. I never really saw here that much.  My flatmates all seem to be cool, I just have not spent a lot of time with any one of them yet. I am planning to get to know them all better at some point.