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My third week in Scotland

Another exciting week is over now !



On Tuesday evening we shore the sheep. It was really exciting because I never done anything similar before. They were so stubborn and they did not like it so much but afterwards they looked so much better and I’m sure it’s for their best. It took us more than two hours to shear three sheep. What an evening. I think I’ll never forget this adventure. 
Shaun the sheep

This weekend was absolutely lovely! It was the first weekend without any sailing and I enjoyed the “free days” a lot. H.‘s parents came to visit us. They arrived on Thursday evening and we had a lovely dinner. For a starter we had salmon bruscetta, for dinner steak pie with potatoes and veggies and for desert we had home-made shortbread and cake. So it was a typical Scottish dinner but H.’s parents don’t like any foreign food. They only like Scottish food (but that’s okay for everybody). H’s parents were so nice and friendly! We had a chatty evening with a lot of laughter. H.’s father makes a lot of jokes and he always tells funny stories from the past. On Friday everybody was at school except H.’s parents of course. They went to a cheap shop they visit every time they travel to Aberdeenshire. They went there to buy clothes and little things and in the evening we had a nice dinner together.
On Saturday the children were at their rehearsal for the whole day. Their first show of “The Wizard of Oz” was in the afternoon. We went to a nice farm shop and had our lunch there. I bought a very nice sheep’s wool jumper in a dark red/violet. We also went to the Portsoy Salmon Harbor. It was not only a normal harbor, there was also a nice salmon museum in which we went! When we were standing at the harbor we had a stunning view!
 Portsoy Salmon Bothy
 
 I took a lot of pictures and afterwards we enjoyed a delicious ice-cream. Portsoy is kind of famous for their good ice-cream. We went back home, everyone was doing bits and bobs and after we had have dinner and drove directly to Banff Academy. There was the big Saturday evening show of M.’s and F.’s school. It was a really good musical. The children had so much fun and we enjoyed it a lot to see them acting with power and joy. Especially M. was really good. She acted so convincing that her whole family was surprised by her.
The Wizard of Oz

The Sunday was really relaxing. I book my trip to Edinburgh. I’m going to Edinburgh on Friday and I’m really looking forward to it. I also booked a two-day-trip to Glasgow. Glasgow is only 60km far away from Edinburgh and my travel guide says that the two cities are worth a visit! We (me and a good friend from Germany who will join me) will stay there from Friday evening till Wednesday morning. I’m sure it will be great fun.
Today was my last day at Mintlaw Academy. I’m kind of sad because I enjoyed being there. The language department was so nice to me and I enjoyed teaching their children. They were well-behaved and polite. They loved to learn foreign languages and I also think the teachers did a great job. They tried their best to make their lessons interesting, various and modern and they achieved these aims in my opinion! The next days are full of school again. I’m going to the Primary Schools to which I’ve been most of the time but on Wednesday I am also visiting Peterhead Academy. It will be a more difficult school but I think it would be a good experience.

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