So we were stuck in Aberdeen for a few days. It's apparently the third biggest city in Scotland, but we couldn't find much to do for free (and it had to be free since we'd spent all our money on the the extra nights at the hostel). Saturday was another lazy day of sleeping in and then taking a long shower before going on a walk to find Victoria Park. We all brought our books, so we read there for a while and watched a lot of dogs and young children run around. Nothing as crazy as that Garden of Eden in Glasgow, but still.
Afterward, we grabbed some sandwiches for lunch then found a bookcase full of games in the hostel. We started out with Uno Rummy, so we each made our own money to use to gamble. This is mine...
Courtney's...
And Alice's.
But it turns out that half of the pieces were missing so we couldn't play anyway.
And since none of us know that much about Scotland, we couldn't place this.
So we ended up with Trivial Pursuit. And didn't do so well. I ended up winning, but only because they started giving me massive hints at the end so we could finally stop.
We also played cards with the girl at the front desk, who was the same one who helped us find rooms the night before. It ended up being doubly good that we made friends with her since she ended up giving us an hour of free internet later that night when we were trying to schedule ferry tickets.Oh, a funny sign from our walk.
After supper, we watched the news and saw that airlines still wouldn't be open on Sunday, so Alice called Finn, our API program director, and asked for help. We were not the only ones stuck abroad, but she managed to find time to help us find a bus and ferry deal online to get us back to Ireland. It was so stressful, and I think that's the point when the seriousness of our situation really hit. We seriously started to hate the trip and went to bed grumpy. Like I might tonight if all those drunk people downstairs don't shut up...So close to being done!
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