November 30th is St. Andrews Day, Scotland's national day. Here in St. Andrews, it is celebrated with an 8 day festival of events and activities. There are street entertainers, workshops, concerts, exhibitions, fireworks, Ceilidhs (pronounced, Kay-Lees. It is Scottish Folk dancing), a gala ball, a kite festival, the switching on of the Christmas lights and the St. Andrews University graduation with a colorful procession through the town. The town is exerting an enormous collective effort to make this year's festival the best in its history. Coincidently, our Thanksgiving falls during this week. Ian Hamilton, the Chairman of St. Andrew's Week, and I were talking yesterday about marketing the festival in the States. It may be something I get more involved with ( I can already see Chris shaking her head). Our families will be here that week to celebrate Thanksgiving and to take me home! (Yay!) It should be alot of fun!
I found a cool link today to a 24 hour webcam of the Old Course. You can take control of the camera and look around a bit. Knock yourselves out, if you like. You'll see that that once again, it's another beautifully sunny day here in St. Andrews.
If anyone would like to rent Monarchs House and have Kevin cook them Thanksgiving dinner next year, let me know. No clean up, no fuss, no muss. I know, it's a shameless plug but my first since I've been here.
That's it for today. I have to go find something to do with myself. Hope all is well with you, your families and loved ones. I remain,
Heading outdoors to enjoy the sunshine,
Mike
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