I spent this past week in Kilcreggan visiting my grandma. It is such a beautiful place which resulted in a plethora of landscape pictures. There was a lot of hills, clouds, sheep, water and sky which made for an amazing setting. Kilcreggan is on the river clyde but it's the estuary part where it enters the ocean so you can see the Isle of Arran from the beach. I took a long walk every evening either on the high road near her house which went past lots of fields and sheep with amazing views or down to the beach. The beach was really great with tons of big rocks to jump around on and small ones to attempt to skip. They were the most perfect skipping stones, all of them were smooth and flat but unfortunately this still didn't do me any good because I suck at skipping stones, shoot.
My grandma kept me pretty entertained. She took me out and about somewhere everyday AND she let me drive her car. It was very entertaining. I didn't injury anyone and just ran into the curb a few times. In my defense though, the streets are very narrow and anyone would get slightly nervous when an oncoming bus or truck is extremely close to you. Driving on the other side of the road and shifting with my left hand was pretty fun though.
Some of the interesting places we went to were Luss which is a cute small village on Loch Lomond and Inveraray which is this fishing village on Loch Long. The village and setting there was really pretty but unfortunately I think I got one of the first meals that I actually couldn't eat. Something to do with raw salmon and cream
cheese on white bread... Not my favorite thing I've ever tasted.
I met a lot of my grandma's friends and mostly hung out with a crowd that had a good 40 years on me or so. I made it
to church with my grandma AND a women's guild church meeting. I managed the life of an old person pretty well. All the people that I met were very interesting for the most part. They all had a lot of stories. Unfortunately I think my name and the way I said it confused 99% of them so I will forever be fondly thought of as 'Chelsea' to the old ladies of Kilcreggan.
After a week in Kilcreggan I went back to Glasgow to stay with my cousin Jacqui. It was her son Freddie's first birthday. There was lots of cake and little kids. It was really nice to spend time with all three of my cousins and all their kids. Emma, my cousin chris's daughter who is almost 3, likes me which is really fun. I think she likes me because I talk funny but either way she is always entertaining and makes me laugh. I'm beginning to be better at deciphering a 2 year old with a scottish accent so it makes things easier.
While I was in glasgow I also got in some sight seeing. I explored the west end more where my cousin lives and went to the botanic gardens, the Kelvingrove art museum and the city chambers. I really like just exploring the city and managing to get the right busses places makes me feel very competent.
Well that's all and I'm back in dundee. This weekend I hope to get a trip in so hopefully I will have something interesting to report upon soon!
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