A new beginning

So... How do I put this. I haven't blogged in a very long time. I decided to rather just do weekly updates instead. So this post will be a lot and maybe I will split it up we will see how far I get. Currently I am sitting on a bus returning from one of the best weekends of my trip thusfar. I will get back to it for now let's see if I can recap what has happened in the last two weeks or so. 

Hot dog eating contest. 2nd place with 13 hot dogs. 

 Explored the kelvingrove park by our university. 

 Went to Edinburg with Chris and two french girls we became good friends with during freshers's week. 

Saw Tom Riddle's grave from Harry Potter or otherwise known as Lord Voldemort. We also saw the first coffee shop J.K Rowling sat in while she was writing the first Harry Potter book. 

 Here is a stereotypical picture of Scotland while I was at Edinburgh.

I also found a food truck by campus called Maggie's and they have something called a Scooby snack and looks like this:

Burger with potato, bacon, sausage, cheese and an egg. 

Fish and chips done properly in Edinburgh really puts a shame to any attempt of fish and chips in the states. 

I don't know if you guys have seen some pictures of my campus but this is another view I took after I got lost in the park next to our campus. The statue is on top of the hill and the castle in the back is the University of Glasgow main campus. Absolutely beautiful to think I am studying here. 

 Shopping has been such an interesting event here and buying my own groceries each week but a TESCO EXTRA is a massive Target that we found close to where I am staying and it has about everything I need. They also call an escalator a travelator which is funny I thought.

 I switched accommodations because I didn't like living in Cairncross, however Murano has treated me so much better already in the past two weeks of living here. I have been meeting a great group of people and we even had some family dinners including Taco Tuesdays.

There are botanical gardens right next to our campus and they stretch for about 5km on both directions of campus. This shot above is just one of the many beautiful spots along the garden side. The people here don't have leashes for their dogs because every one of them are so well trained! 

I have seen my campus before but everytime I end up in a new location it just blows my mind how beautiful this place is. 

Where I live is called Murano Student Village and there is a bridge that connects to the main street and one morning I went for a run to see the sunrise and when it rains a lot you tend to appreciate the sun a lot more especially with this much colour and contrast. 

I have recently joined a tennis team here at the school and everyone on the team are so humble and friendly! We have about four practices a week and not to mention free coaching which is unbelievable. We also have a great indoor facility with about 13 tennis courts. 

When I said that the sun is really appreciated here I was not exaggerating. I took my hammock out for the first time and several people took pictures of me in it and asked if they could take a picture with me because to them it seemed like a foreign object. Not a lot of Glaswegians hammock I guess. 

On my way to the Tesco I saw a pretty great graffiti on one of the houses. 

I think the sun just looks so much better after a fresh downpour of rain and I grabbed this picture right before I went home after one of my classes.