Thanksgiving and SNOW

Thursday I went to the German Christmas Market on Princes Street. Every year, Princes Street is super decorated for the holidays, and the grand lighting of the city was on Thursday night! It was so beautiful and there were drummers suspended in the air to make a human mobile and there were drum lines on the ground - it was a big deal! The German Market was delicious! I tried streudal, Gluwein (mulled wine) and Brat-something (potatoes).

Gluwein at the German Market!

Strawberry and vanilla streudal! yummmm

On Thursday (actual Thanksgiving) I was able to skype home to the family. It was soo great to see everyone back home, but I was also quite jealous that nearly my whole extended family decided to come the one holiday that I WASN'T home for!! Thanks a lot guys! ;) jk - it was great visiting and hopefully I'll see you all again soon, whether at Christmas or soon after.


I'm on the computer screen!! crazy huh

 The next day, I got to celebrate Thanksgiving with my Rotary Scholar friends! Iain and Jenn were kind enough to share their flat. Jenn practically made everything - she's a wonderwoman chef! I came around 4 and started helping. We had lots of food, lots of wine, and we were merry! So I guess you could call it a successful Thanksgiving. We even had scholars visit from Bristol and Glasgow! It was a great night!

This first signs of snow...

So the snow set in on Friday. And it hasn't stopped since! Edinburgh has been freaking out about it which really surprises me. Apparently they were not prepared for it this early in the year... Uni cancelled the first day of exams, which affected me as my first exam was supposed to be today (the 6th). There was basically an uproar because the school was going to move it until the 11th or later - this was a problem because lots of people already had flights booked for before the 11th (including me, which is the 9th). The business school worked with us and allowed the Monday exam to be TAKE-HOME!!! I was thrilled - what was initially the worst case scenario turned into the best!! I was really worried about this particular exam (International Trade and Business Strategy) but having it take-home was immensely better.

So all in all, I guess the snow has been a good thing...as long as my flight still gets to leave on the 9th which I am VERY much looking forward to! Fingers crossed, and pray for me! Believe it or not, it's the most snow that I have every seen in my whole life in person! Seeing as though my family opts for the beach, I've never been skiing or snowboarding or anything like that, so it's been a treat!

Nessie!!



Business School



Tuesday was a group presentation in International Trade & Business Strategy in front of two of our lecturers - so not too stressful of an audience. The assignment was to launch a product in an emerging market from a list of 5 countries. We chose to launch Vaseline in Ghana. I think it went pretty well, but regardless, we were a sharp-looking group! :)

Karun, Me, Stephanie, & Dom

We had one last "hurrah" before exam studying kicked in on Friday. The picture below was at the very end of the night around 3 or 4 am so I was looking a little rough by that point. But it was a very fun night! It started with my Wine Society Christmas dinner at the Glasshouse hotel. It was a formal sit-down meal with 3 courses! Then I met my friends at a club, Hanover 99 until it closed. A few of us from there headed to Espionage which is where this pic was taken. One of the guys, Dom, had to help me back home because I made the illogical choice of wearing heels in the snow/ice! Bad idea on my part - won't be doing that again! But it was very nice of Dom to lend a hand :)

Me & Manoel

I completed my take-home exam today and submitted it. Now all I have left is my Marketing Management exam on Wednesday and that's it!! Counting down the days till I'm back home - it's lovely here but I miss my friends and family back home SO MUCH! Plus, holidays are always much better spent at home I think.