Our team was split up into four groups (for traveling purposes). On June 28, Group 1/2/4 packed the bus and departed to Dulles International Airport around noon. We traveled Air France and departed at 4 p.m. The duration of the flight was long and tiring, with some sporadic turbulence. We arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport (Paris, France) and quickly rushed to our connecting flight that would land the group at Edinburgh Airport (Edinburgh, Scotland).
After we grabbed our bags, we headed over to the currency exchange booth where we converted our dollars into pounds. Unfortunately being stuck in a recession and an economic crisis, our dollar isn't worth anything. With our luggage and pounds in hand we boarded the coach and headed to Stirling, Scotland. Our hotel was called the Golden Lion Hotel. After we unloaded our luggage and checked into our rooms a few teammates and I headed to a local pub. It was an Australian themed pub with an outdoor and indoor bar. After a couple drinks and hours later we headed back to the hotel to meet up with the rest of the team and enjoy a team dinner at the hotel. Scotland had a little different food selection, but for the most part was enjoyable. Around 10 p.m., the team headed out for the night where we enjoyed each others company.
Notes of interest:
The drinking age is 18 (or from the minute you can walk).
Cars, Coaches, and Bicycles drive on the left side.
The roadways are extremely narrow.
"Coach" is the term for bus.
"Cheers" is the universal word for thank-you, welcome, hello, and goodbye.
"Boomin" is a slang term leaving or "peacing out".
"Edinburgh" is pronounced EH-din-bur-uh
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I like that you define one slang term by using another slang term
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a good time mate. Im from London and "boomin", for me means something is good, like that song is boomin. But those scots have different opinions on everything.
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