St. Andrews
This is a view of the entire town of St. Andrews, taken from some rocks in the bay of the North Sea. St. Andrews is a very small town (this picture is literally the entire town, with the golf course to the right), which is essentially comprised of university students. Surprisingly, I passed by a girl who was in a class I took at Truett. I guess she's there to study at the Divinity school. Anywho, legend has it that St. Rule landed in this town in the 1100s with the relics of one of Christ's apostles...can you guess who? Yep, Andrew. He set up a Cathedral there and it became a major port for shipping in Scotland, but now is famous for golf. It is also the home to the first Scottish university, which now has approx. 9,000 students.
posted by John and Mag @ 4:48 PM
2 Comments:
Dear John,
Thanks for the great history lesson. We had no idea that all of these characteristics fill in the background of St. Andrews. Does the enrollment include the divinity school, or is it separate? What was the temperature during the day while you walked around town? Does the town have any other industry besides the university?
Learning about Scottish history is kind of a bonus for your Stateside family. How about a trip to Glasgow? We'll expect a full report soon!!
Hope you all have had a great week-end.
Love you both,
KHB (w/SLB and C-man)
Dad,
The enrollment does include the divinity school, and all other graduate schools. The main industry in St. Andrews is golf, which I'm sure the university students contribute to significantly.
And finally, the weather ranged from rainy to dry, warm and still to cold and windy. It varied so quickly that it's hard to say if there was a consistent season represented that day.
Hope all is well. Tell Calvin to get ready to meet some Scottish Jack Russells who will put him in his place (they are everywhere!!!)
JKB
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