The international cafe's annual weekend trip to Kincraig (2 hours drive away) - a small town between Perth and Inverness. There was about 25 of us from Dundee and 25 from Paisley, all international students. We stayed at a christian camp in town, beside a beautiful mountain.
On the Saturday, there where different day trip options - some went to Inverness to see Loch Ness, some went to Blair Castle, but I choose to go on a mountain climb up Meall a'Bhuachaille (800m high). The mountain climb was much more interesting. The 360 views where breathtaking (Although NZ has a lot of views but it was much more beautiful here with the sparkling blue lakes, brown mountains behind and white snowtopped mountains at the back!)
At the entrance of the walk into the mountains was a Reindeer Center! Yes I didn't know they actually existed! (I wonder where they will go on christmas night =P ) Though you had to pay to go in, you could see through the fences haha, magnificent creatures.
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| At the entrance of the walk the rock beside two flags, one Scottish and one Norwegian , commemorated the years when Norwegian soldiers came to Scottish to train before going back to fight in the war. |
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| During the walk our first stop was at "Green Lake", its beauty so stunning we all tried to capture a glimpse of it in our cameras. |
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| For lunch we stopped at a small cottage literally in the middle of nowhere which had been turned into a resting spot for climbers. Do you see the tiny cottage? |
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| In the afternoon after an exhausting climb uphill we finally reached the top! The wind was so big that we couldn't stand up striaght and had to hide in a small semi-circle wall of piled stones. |
We finished off the day with another great ceilidh at night with some traditional tasty Haggis! Haggis is one of the most well-known traditional food. It is traditionally prepared by stuffing sheep's stomach with a mixture of minced sheep organs and meat. With great seasoning of herbs and pepper it immediately warms up your inside, great food for winter!
On Sunday, we all traveled to Dunkeld, where we walked through a beautiful forest with unbelievably tall trees to see a waterfall and an old hermit's cove (Hermits are people who live alone in the forest). Following that we went into Dunkeld town to see its famous cathedral (800 years old and half still standing). It had high ceilings and beautiful displays.
Relunctant to return home we had to part ways with our Paisley friends and end our an amazing trip. I am so grateful to the international cafe whose staff are all volunteers of the community's different churches aimed to help international students experience the Scottish culture.
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