St. Andrews

Last week Andrew, his friend Aaron, Danielle, and I traveled to St. Andrews. It is the birth place of golf and last summer the British open was played there. The old course at St. Andrews is the most historic golf course in the world. It was pretty cool to see where the last British Open had occurred. I remembered watching Tiger when he was playing at St. Andrew's and how the wind was whipping through his clothes. Then I couldn't understand how the wind could be so brutal but now it just seems normal to me. We all took turns taking pictures on the famous bridge at the 18th hole and then watched some of golfers play the course. These golfers had been waiting for years to play on the course so it was a big day for everyone out there. We walked along the shore which runs next to the golf course and makes for a really pleasant walk. The town of St. Andrews was surprisingly very nice and tranquil. In one of the flat windows there was a confederate flag which was very surprising but weirdly comfortable to me.While walking through the center of town we passed St. Andrews University where Prince Williams and Kate went to University. The school was made out of stone, just like everything in Scotland, and had great architecture. However, one of my favorite parts about the trip was sitting next to the ocean with St. Andrews Castle in sight. It was a sunny and warm day with a nice ocean breeze. I just had to sit back and think that I was in the quite town of St. Andrews which was home to the most historic golf course. After that we all went to a small outdoor vendor next to the ocean and got chips and burgers. While we set there talking about our different travels, it was just nice to enjoy the good weather and a good meal. We left St. Andrews and headed back to Edinburgh on the train where there was hens and wives bachelorette group. It was a pretty long train ride back.