Falkirk Wheel

It’s been another beautiful day here in Scotland! We’ve spent most of the day exploring Falkirk, which I enjoyed immensely. Early this morning after breakfast, I went with Dr. Wood, Derek, and Niki to pick up our teams bus passes. Once we had those in hand, we all walked to the bus stop with Falkirk as our destination and headed out.

After arriving, we were given a few hours to explore the town and do some shopping. I loved looking at all the beautiful buildings, but was surprised to find most of the shops to be very americanized. It was pretty chilly out, so Brittni, Kelsey, and I headed to a local coffee shop, Costa’s, to warm up. It was similar to the American Starbucks, and I had a delicious caramel latte =)

We then headed to lunch at the York Café for soup and sandwiches. After a great morning, and full bellies, we took another bus and headed to ride the famous Falkirk Wheel. It was cold and rainy most of the time, but that didn’t stop us from having a blast! Here are some pictures I took:

We got back to Carronvale just in time for supper. We had all worked up quite an appetite from walking around all day, so I was excited to see we were having chicken and rice to eat, with apple pie for dessert. During dinner, our Methodists friends from England came to join us, and while we were finishing up eating, one of the women named Diane had a seizure! It was really startling and scary, especially because we found out she didn’t have a history of having seizures. Dr. Wood did an amazing job tending to her, and we called an ambulance. She seemed like she was doing alright when she left, but we’re still praying for her!

After dinner, we had a time of worship with the Methodists, which was really unique. Right after, some of us walked over to the gym and I ran a few miles which felt good. I just got back to my room, and we’re about to have tea time =) Here are a few more pictures for you to enjoy!