Scotland: Week 2

Next up:  Enjoy all novelties within a few feet of your surroundings, like....  

Snails!

My kids have found their calling in life and spend days catching these slimy bastards.  There are so many.  I really want to get out the nail polish and 'tag' them to see if we are just catching the same ones over and over.  It would also allow me to name them things like 'Bubba' and 'Fatty'.  I may still be jet-lagged. 

 

 Laundry

 Here's the deal.  Most of Scotland line drys when they can.  It's a mix of them being energy conscious and thrifty.  Strangely, I find the process of hanging things up to dry therapeutic.  The downside is the crunchiness of the clothes.  Which is why they iron.  Regardless of the crunchiness, I still refuse to iron.  It's a mix of stubbornness and that I just don't care. 

 

Andrew Carnegie

Dunfermline, Scotland is the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie (as in Carnegie Hall and they pronounce it car-NAY-gie).  I know! He's not American! Shocking.  Fun Fact:  He established the public library.  No, not just the one here in Dunfermline but all the ones in Britian, US, and Canada.  Don't worry, we got our Dunfermline Library cards.  There's a Carnegie Hall here as well.  I'm guessing it's older than ours.