Here’s some more pics of ardvreck:
Mitchell Stevens
Keeping in touch from Scotland
Hockey in Edinburgh
Posted in February 8th, 2008
Yesterday, I went with the first and second eleven to Edinburgh for a hockey match. It was about a two hour bus journey, but well worth it! When we pulled into the school (Fettes), I thought we’d arrived at the wrong place!
Australia Day Assembly
Posted in February 4th, 2008
The Headmaster of Ardvreck asked us to do an Australia day assembly.
We planned and organised until it was perfect – um, actually, it was pretty last minute! Anyway, it went really well. We had a powerpoint presentation and talked about a little bit of history behind Australia day, and everything that Australia day is to us.
Australia Day!!!
Posted in February 1st, 2008
Saturday, the 26th of January – Australia day.
It becomes so much more important when you’re on the other side of the globe in sub-zero temperatures.
At the gappies conference, all of the Aussies agreed to meet up at the ‘Walkabout’ – an Aussie bar in Edinburgh. So I got all dressed up in my Wallabies gear and draped the Australian flag around my neck, and we headed off to the bar.
Edinburgh Castle
Posted in February 1st, 2008
While in Edinburgh, we visited Edinburgh castle (see the post below). Outside was this guy, who dresses as William Wallace (anyone seen braveheart?) and will pose for pictures to collect money for charity. He’s already raised over a million pounds, and has even been on Getaway! I couldn’t pass up the opportunity!
Pub Crawl in the bura!
Posted in January 31st, 2008
The first night in Edinburgh (the friday night), we went on a pub crawl.
Adjacent to the main street in Edinburgh (princes st), there is an old lane closed off to traffic, that is filled to the brim with old scottish bars.
We walked along and went into whichever ones took our fancy! Continue reading this post…
Weekend in Edinburgh (day 1)
Posted in January 31st, 2008
This weekend was our exeat. It’s a long weekend where the boarders go home, meaning that us gappies are free for the weekend to go exploring. The four of us tripped to Edinburgh by train, and arrived at Waverly station at about 3pm on the friday. We walked to Princes st. (which is the main hub of edinburgh) and checked in at the hilton hotel. Just kidding. We dumped our bags in a dingy youth hostel:
On the ski slopes!
Posted in January 28th, 2008
During monday’s staff meeting, one of the teacher’s said that they were short of staff members for the skiing trip on Wednesday, and if anyone would like to volunteer, it would be greatly appreciated. So being the decent guy I am, I put up my hand. “I guess i’ll do it.” Ha ha. A day’s free skiing? Who wouldn’t?
Conference in Edinburgh
Posted in January 27th, 2008
This has been a crazy week. It started on Tuesday…
Us four gappies were invited to a gappies conference organised by the scottish independent schools council thingy. We were kindly given the day off to go to this, so we travelled by train and arrived in Edinburgh at about 9:30am. Edinburgh is amazing! It was in the local Hilton hotel (no complaints here!).