Saturday was quite a culture-filled outing. My flatmate Kelsey and I spent the morning walking around the Merchant City Festival, marveling at the booths with huge vats of food. After internally debating at some length about what to eat, I finally settled on a hot sausage, stuffed along with grilled onions, cabbage, and spicy mustard in a huge, hollow piece of french bread. I can't even tell you how delicious it was, and it better have been, because street food here is EXPENSIVE. Pretty much like everything else in the UK. The prices here are making me so sad, so I try to forget the conversion as often as 
possible so I can live in denial.
possible so I can live in denial.We walked around the city all afternoon, and ran into several bands wearing kilts and playing bagpipes and drums. So much fun to watch!
That evening we atte
nded a Scottish National Symphony concert, along with some Polish and French friends. You can get student tickets for only five pounds....one of the few deals in the city. We were treated to wonderful pieces by Bersetin, Stravinsky, Ravel, Schumann,
Grieg, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Strauss, and Respighi. Most of the pieces were well loved favorites, like Peer Gynt, or the incredible, soaring Pines of the Appian Way. It was also delightful to dress up and walk through the city to the Royal Concert Hall, feeling quite classy and cultured.
nded a Scottish National Symphony concert, along with some Polish and French friends. You can get student tickets for only five pounds....one of the few deals in the city. We were treated to wonderful pieces by Bersetin, Stravinsky, Ravel, Schumann,
Grieg, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Strauss, and Respighi. Most of the pieces were well loved favorites, like Peer Gynt, or the incredible, soaring Pines of the Appian Way. It was also delightful to dress up and walk through the city to the Royal Concert Hall, feeling quite classy and cultured.
