Captain's Log--I have no idea what day it is:
Today it was about 35 degrees and raining in Edinburgh. Not to be deterred from my itinerary--we will learn daily in a regimented fashion!--we went for our tour of the Old Town. We had a proper "Full Scottish Breakfast" and then headed toward the castle, buying winter clothing as we walked. We made it all the way down the mile, learned a little bit about Edinburgh's history, and got soaked to the bone. Truly immersed we were. But I relented and got taxis back to the hotel. Everyone is drying off and warming up before we hit the Codfather fish and chips shop for dinner. We're supposed to do a ghost tour tonight--though I volunteered to opt out if any of them were too scared. (Read: Donnelly scares easily and would be happy to wait in a nice, dry pub). We'll see what happens.
It was very cool to see the new Parliament building today--there's "big doings" around Scottish independence at the moment, so we're trying to keep up with that while we're here. Excellent timing. I'm going to go ahead and take credit for that.
Tomorrow we're going to try to get to St Andrews. Regardless of the weather they should enjoy it. It'll be especially helpful for the students studying class and culture. On that note, their projects are coming along nicely and they continue to baffle me with their ability to work and take all of this in simultaneously.
We do have tons of pictures, but we're still trying to work out how to get them onto the blogs. They have their own blog in progress, I'm just waiting for logistical help on that one.
On a personal note, I broke in my new Doc Martens today. I figured they deserved it--wearing them for the first time in Muncie just didn't seem right. They're yellow. You'll love them. The grad students and I have already devised a plan involving a striped yellow and black shirt, black pants, my yellow docs, and Lemmy chasing me with a giant net for the first day of TCOM 610 (Creativity) in the fall. Cameras and audience participation will be involved. I love TCOM students.
Today it was about 35 degrees and raining in Edinburgh. Not to be deterred from my itinerary--we will learn daily in a regimented fashion!--we went for our tour of the Old Town. We had a proper "Full Scottish Breakfast" and then headed toward the castle, buying winter clothing as we walked. We made it all the way down the mile, learned a little bit about Edinburgh's history, and got soaked to the bone. Truly immersed we were. But I relented and got taxis back to the hotel. Everyone is drying off and warming up before we hit the Codfather fish and chips shop for dinner. We're supposed to do a ghost tour tonight--though I volunteered to opt out if any of them were too scared. (Read: Donnelly scares easily and would be happy to wait in a nice, dry pub). We'll see what happens.
It was very cool to see the new Parliament building today--there's "big doings" around Scottish independence at the moment, so we're trying to keep up with that while we're here. Excellent timing. I'm going to go ahead and take credit for that.
Tomorrow we're going to try to get to St Andrews. Regardless of the weather they should enjoy it. It'll be especially helpful for the students studying class and culture. On that note, their projects are coming along nicely and they continue to baffle me with their ability to work and take all of this in simultaneously.
We do have tons of pictures, but we're still trying to work out how to get them onto the blogs. They have their own blog in progress, I'm just waiting for logistical help on that one.
On a personal note, I broke in my new Doc Martens today. I figured they deserved it--wearing them for the first time in Muncie just didn't seem right. They're yellow. You'll love them. The grad students and I have already devised a plan involving a striped yellow and black shirt, black pants, my yellow docs, and Lemmy chasing me with a giant net for the first day of TCOM 610 (Creativity) in the fall. Cameras and audience participation will be involved. I love TCOM students.
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