And it all starts again

I can't believe today is the end of my second week of classes back from Christmas.

A lot has happened since my last post.

The weekend before I went home, a friend and I went to Glasgow to see their Christmas market.  We decided to go skating which was so much fun.  Being Canadian through and through, skating is in my blood and it felt so great to skate.  The decorations in Glasgow were incredible.

What are these skates??

The view from the rink

View from the Ferris Wheel

 I flew home for Christmas which turned into quite an adventure.  After almost 24 hours of travel, a blizzard in Edinburgh (not really a blizzard by my standards but it was causing havoc), being told I didn't look enough like my passport in London and having to provide another piece of ID, being randomly selected for a pre-boarding screen in London, arriving to a Canadian quality blizzard in Toronto, resulting in us being stuck on the plane for two hours while they freed the planes that were stuck at the gates due to snow, I made it home!

Snow leaving Edinburgh

Flying into London

While I was home I completed a week of extramural cat and dog studies at Mississauga Animal Services.  All my cat and dog experience has come from a clinic setting so it was interesting to spend a week in shelter.  The rest of the break was spent with friends and family (including some very needed love with my pets).

Christmas at home

Hanging out with Mars

No place for me on the sofa!

Since arriving back to school I have had an exam, completed our renal and cardiovascular units and had a practical where we got to handle (or play with depending on your view...) calves.  This semester looks like it is going to be a busy one but it also looks really interesting.

It has been quite cold by Edinburgh standards the past few days.  Tuesday there was a lot of snow at campus.  Since they don't get snow here that much they panic at the sight of snow.  That resulted in my half an hour bus ride turning into an hour and a half due to wall to wall traffic.

The inch of snow that cause mayhem

Sunrise at campus looking over the Pentland hills

And today I have the day off.  The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, is visiting our school today, so to clear us out, almost none of the first and second years have classes.  They also sent us a bunch of rules of where we can and where we aren't allowed to be and we have to wear our student cards to prove we belong there.  As much as I think it would be interesting to see her, I think I will stay home to avoid the chaos.

Decorating for the Royal Visit