A Tour to Scotland

Bright one wintery morning at about 7 o’clock in the morning the choir of Newbold School woke up to head out to the High Lands of Scotland.  They left at about 9 o’clock on two mini buses and one van for the entire choir’s luggage.  Most of the trip the three girls, who lives we are following on this journey, slept but when they did wake up the landscape took their breath away.  The rolling hills of northern England and later Scotland were most beautiful.  Dusted lightly with snow and dotted with sheep it was something they had always seen on postcards and in picture books. The entire choir reached their destination in about 10 hours of driving time which should only have taken 6 but the director insisted that the drivers and the students needed breaks to wee and stretch their legs.  The one girl who had grown up in Canada, a country filled with vast places and endless drives, though this was very foolish.  She had grown up driving to Alberta to visit family a 12 hour drive normally and her family did it all in one sitting with only a couple wee breaks.  So for her this was over kill and drove her crazy.  The other two girls, who were from Switzerland and Poland, also though that this many stops was unneeded.  So it must have just been the English people who drive 2 hours and think they have reached the end of the world.  Criff was the first church that the choir sang at; when they arrived many of the student where very tired and hungry but the members of this church had anticipated this and had prepared a three course meal for all the choir members.  These three girls were very surprised at both the fact that there was so much food, since they loved to eat, and the fact that it was so good.  First there was a beautiful soup that was a tad-bit spicy but so delicious next there was boiled potatoes, obviously, mac and cheese and salad.  And last but probably the best, was ice cream and fruit now that doesn’t sound to good but after eating so much other food these girls wanted nothing more but since the ice cream was so light with just some fruit it was pure heaven.  The concert went great, and after the girls were shipped off the pastors house.  In the 1900 this house had been a girl’s dormitory so the one from Canada who loved history asked all sorts of questions and looked all over the house.  The kitchen had stained glass cupboards the view off the garden was spectacular and the view from the parlor looked out on another Victorian house with a very interesting widow’s walk. They had to rise early so that they could make it to the next church in Dundee.  Dundee was full of attractive boys who the girls liked and talked to, and even though that was nice the weather and food were not so nice.  So to keep this story one a happy note, the girls were able to see many sights of Dundee and took a few pictures.  After the whole day concert the choir packed up and headed to the hotel for the night. Where the girls slept like bumps on a log and woke ready to sight see in Edinburgh