I'm in a cute little hostel in St. Andrews with Lakshmi right now:) 

The night I spent in Skye was wonderful, I made some friends with a cute Scottish couple who told me I should move to St. Andrews and go to University here. Then I had a really intense and long conversation with a woman named Rachael that lasted until they closed the pub. The next day I took a bus to the kintail lodge, a little hotel in the middle of nowhere --- I wasn't sure I was even in the right place until I saw a picture of Lincorne (Xavi, Xacobe and Gon's band) on a little poster on the wall.  

I had a wonderful new years with those guys --just everything I had hoped for. Gon's lady friend from France and two of her friend's from Belgium were there too. The next day went took their rented Mercedes on an excursion around the highlands with Chic (their alcoholic but entertaining friend/manager in Scotland). We wound up in a charming pub in some teeny tiny little village where Chic apparently used to live. The lady running the bar was so happy to see Chic that she asked that we stay and have a session and a free meal there.  I love playing with those guys :) Then we heard that there was a Ceili going on at the town hall right next door. A real traditional Scottish ceili!!!!  It was sooooooooooooo fun. I danced every dance until I couldn't dance anymore!! It was truly a magical night. Like one of dad's fairy tales :) 

Then I took the bus back down through Glasgow to Edinburgh to meet Laki. It's really great to see her! We wandered around last night in Edinburgh and when I told her I was considering going to College at St. Andrews, we decided to hop on a bus and come check it out. So here we are!  

I've covered almost all of Scotland by bus in the past week :) I feel quite accomplished.