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London

Happy Friday! Let's recap our trip to London!! The day after Halloween hit us hard in Edinburgh. Halloween is celebrated in Edinburgh (woohoo!) and it was also Susan's 21st birthday. Obviously 21 has much less of a meaning here than at home, because the drinking age is 18 here... BUT it was still very exciting!! Let's just say that we had ourselves quite a night for the big 2-1 and were certainly feeling it the next day. Thankfully our flight wasn't until 7pm on the 1st so we had quite some time to recover! So Susan and I set off to London on the plane, and Jenna was meeting us there (she took the train). Jenna got there a few hours before us so I guess she was just chillin on the side of the street basically until we got there. Love that for her. We were all pretty tired so we went to Sainsbury (the grocery store) and got some ice cream, then just hung out in our hotel room. Yes I said HOTEL because we were feelin pretty boujee, and because Susan's parents got us ...

my mama came to visit!! (and bobby!)

Hi all, Hope everyone is enjoying their Tuesday! I have been thinking for a week now how to recap my mom and Bobby’s visit to see me here in Scotland. It was very fun- but also stressful at times. Let’s dive in! Once they got here, they were really tired, so while I slept in (clearly I was tired too), they went to their hotel and had a nap. Then we met up for breakfast, where I brought Anna, Maddie, and Allie. It was so exciting to see them!! Sue even cried happy tears which was so cute. We spent the day exploring the city. I am terrible at directions so thankfully Anna came and helped me too :) Sue and Bobby were so tired that they went back to their hotel and were sleeping by 8 pm. Classic. I stayed up writing a paper. Lucky me! So the next morning, they picked me up in the car that they were renting so that we could go to the highlands. It was a lot more relaxing than our drive through the highlands a few weeks ago, because if something was pretty or picturesque we coul...