Glorious St. Andrean Days

The last two days were the most beautiful, glorious days I've seen since I've been here!  A high of 72, bright and sunny, with a slight breeze!  Now, St. Andrews is generally a rather dry place--meaning that it doesn't rain here as often as in the rest of Scotland!  We often joke that St. Andrews has its own special weather atmosphere. But we certainly get our fair share of overcast skies and more than our fair share of gusty, chilly winds.  So my friends and I have been taking advantage of these fleeting glory days!

Monday I decided to eat my lunch at my favorite spot in town.  You guessed it.  The Cathedral!  I even managed to get some actual writing done on my dissertation... 500 words... before my friend Adam showed up!  We decided it was too gorgeous of a day to spend entirely doing school work.  So we nipped into the Cathedral visitors centre, got two tokens to go up St. Rule's Tower, and checked out the view from the top.  We then headed out to the Pier, and Deans Court.  It was a spectacular way to spend an afternoon! (For the record, we both hit the books again that evening!)

Yesterday Lisa, Faith, and I decided to meet up for lunch at a sidewalk cafe, and then headed off to -- surprise, surprise -- the Cathedral.  We stretched out in the sun a bit, and then decided to have some fun with my camera...  

Enjoy the fruits of our, er, labors (or lack-there-of)!