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The second night of november we finally caught up with Halloween, which originally was – pretty inconveniently – in the middle of the week this year. So friday night was HallowSCREAM at Craig’s place! And what a night it was. Although … Continue reading
In this post I want to focus on the particular Scottish things in Scotland.
That’s of course the language – Scottish Gaelic, but also products that origin from here.
IRN BRU is very Scottish – by the way you pronounce it like “iron brew”.
It is very, very sweet and tastes like the Swedish “Sockerdricka”, which means just “sugar drink” – I think you got the point.
“Dunnae ken?”, which is the Scottish form of “Don’t know”
Ken or cain, which means to know or understand comes from Middle English, kennen and Old English, cennen (sounds a bit German to me though…).
Haggis – traditional Scottish food
It is made from the organs of a sheep or lamb, combined with oats, suet, herbs and spices and is traditionally cooked in a lining made from the stomach of the animal. There are vegetarian options available!
Loch, is the Scottish word for lake and it is pronounced exactly like “Loch” in German. Most English people can’t pronounce the “ch” and so the “Loch” becomes a “Lock”. That’s why Germans can impress a local Scotsman easily by pronouncing accordingly.
Ever wondered where Walmart lost it’s ‘K’? It was in Scotland!
Mart is the traditional word for market in Scotland, where the buying and selling of livestock occurs.
Ceilidh – the social gathering
Pronounced kay-lee, typically, a ceilidh will involve Scottish folk music and dancing. You do not need to understand Gealic to enjoy it!
I’ve been to a couple of Ceilidh evenings and it was always much fun.
Tìoraidh an-dràsta (Bye for now)
That was quick. We’ve been viewing only three or four flats in the past weeks and today already marks our moving in day.
So yes, we did find a flat we both like, that’s affordable and in a nice location. Actually Max’ daily way to and from work will be down to about two minutes walk. The flat is almost completely furnished and stuffed with almost everything one could need. That should make the waiting for our things from Berlin to arrive very comfortable.
The flat is in the top floor of a typical british tenant housing building in the south centre of town. Though we are in a rather quite street it’s only minutes (by foot) to everywhere we need to go: supermarket, work, gym, park, over-crowded tourist attractions.
I think we will like it quite a lot here. And when the rest of our belongings will arrive this is even more going to be our new home.
Na das ging ja mal schnell. Gerade mal drei oder vier Wohnungen haben wir uns in Edinburgh angeschaut und heute ziehen wir schon offiziell in unser neues Zuhause ein.
Also ja, wir haben eine Wohnung gefunden, die wir beide sehr mögen, die bezahlbar ist, und ziemlich gut gelegen. Max’ Weg zur Arbeit dauert tatsächlich nicht mehr als zwei Minuten – zu Fuß. Die Wohnung ist fast komplett möbliert und mit so ziemlich (fast) allem ausgestattet, was man zum Leben braucht. Das Warten auf unser Zeug aus Berlin sollte dadurch ziemlich unproblematisch sein.
In der obersten Etage eines dieser typischen Britischen Mehrfamilienhäuser gelegen, befindet sich die Wohnung noch ziemlich zentral im Süden der Stadt. Und obwohl wir in einer eher ruhigen Nebenstraße leben, sind es nur wenige Fuß-Minuten zu den wichtigsten Alltagsorten: Supermarkt, Fitness, Park und selbst die von Touristen überlaufenen Attraktionen sind nicht weit weg.
Ich glaube, dass es uns hier sehr gefallen wird. Und wenn der Rest unserer Dinge erst einmal hier ankommt, wird das hier noch viel mehr zu unserem neuen Zuhause.