Only The Good Parts: Highlands: The Hostel

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~Forgiveness does not change the past, but it will enlarge the future~

~Take no risks with your reputation!~

~Respect for others is peace. Respect for yourself is happiness.~

~You cannot be lonely if you like the person you are alone with.~

~When things go wrong don't go with them.~

~Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will!~

~To ignore the facts doesn't change the facts.~

~Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.~

~Live every day up to your expectations not others.~

Monday, November 8, 2010

Highlands: The Hostel

We stayed our first night in Glen Nevis which is at the base of Ben Nevis (ben=mountain) the largest mountain in Scotland. It was so beautiful there and so clean. It did get rather cold at night. It is the first time I have ever been in a hostel. It was OK but not at all what I thought it would be like. For those who don't know what a hostel is think... huge house... 100 people... cold showers... many beds... and in my case a room full of coffee drinking, hyper, bouncing off the walls (literally) kids (7-12 years old) in the room next to me that got me pounding on their door at 6:30 AM asking them to stop it! stop it! stop it! [I'm not a morning person.]

Looking off the porch of the hostel at some of the other students and accross at Ben Nevis.

Part of Ben Nevis.

More of Ben Nevis.

This is Patty Waters the director of my program here. She is amazing!

Hostels will offer breakfast and have a room to eat in.

There is places for you to put your food in.

The self-service kitchen. It comes with pots, pans, and dishes. There are stoves and etc. When done you just have to clean up after yourself.

My room. Yes there were 8 of us in there. And no I was not on the top!

Us waiting for the bus.

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