I am almost officially Scottish (at least as any non-Scottish person can be) I am now a part of the Water of Life aka Whiskey Society. That's right I am learning how to drink Scotch Whiskey and liking it! Yesterday the Whiskey Society held a Ceilidh in honour of Robert Burns Day. As I told you in my New Years post Robert Burns is one of Edinburgh's most famous poets known worldwide for writing Auld Lang Syne. Every year he is celebrated along with everything else Scottish most often with dinner but sometimes with a ceilidh. A Ceilidh for those of you who may not be familiar is a social gathering with dancing similar to square dancing but better. What makes a Burns Ceilidh unique is the toast to the lassies, reply from the lassies, and finally the toast to the haggis...that's right they toast haggis got to love a
country that toasts food (in the pic you can see the VP with the haggis getting ready for the toast...and he's wearing a kilt of course)! I went to the Burns Ceilidh with my new flatmate and some of our friends and I swear I could go every night it is so much fun and you get to meet so many people...and it's a great workout I was even thinking about incorporating some of the moves into my group fitness classes! It was a truly Scottish experience along with the tasting of some awesome whiskeys to bad this could be an expensive habit when I return to the States.
I am almost officially Scottish (at least as any non-Scottish person can be) I am now a part of the Water of Life aka Whiskey Society. That's right I am learning how to drink Scotch Whiskey and liking it! Yesterday the Whiskey Society held a Ceilidh in honour of Robert Burns Day. As I told you in my New Years post Robert Burns is one of Edinburgh's most famous poets known worldwide for writing Auld Lang Syne. Every year he is celebrated along with everything else Scottish most often with dinner but sometimes with a ceilidh. A Ceilidh for those of you who may not be familiar is a social gathering with dancing similar to square dancing but better. What makes a Burns Ceilidh unique is the toast to the lassies, reply from the lassies, and finally the toast to the haggis...that's right they toast haggis got to love a 
country that toasts food (in the pic you can see the VP with the haggis getting ready for the toast...and he's wearing a kilt of course)! I went to the Burns Ceilidh with my new flatmate and some of our friends and I swear I could go every night it is so much fun and you get to meet so many people...and it's a great workout I was even thinking about incorporating some of the moves into my group fitness classes! It was a truly Scottish experience along with the tasting of some awesome whiskeys to bad this could be an expensive habit when I return to the States.
