Gretchen's Blog

It's my last night in Scotland and I want to get to bed early in preparation for my long flight home tomorrow. I had dinner at the hotel and it was the best Salmon I can ever remember eating. I was hesitant about eating at the hotel restaurant but it was superb. One thing that made me nervous was the waitress was missing a few teeth... makes you wonder. Many of the people seem less concerned about their teeth, I'm not sure if it's a UK thing or a Europe thing or nothing. Even at the Chevron Aberdeen office they had leaflets about dental health and what everyone should do to improve the health of their teeth. Some of the reasons they listed for going to the dentist included things like bad breath, other's perception of their life standing, abscesses......

I also found out that there is more than one type of £. As change, I have been given a couple of Scottish pounds. While they spend the same as British pounds in Scotland, they may not spend the same way in Britain. I guess it's at the discretion of the proprietor to accept Scottish pounds. Each bill may come from a different bank. Talk about confusing. I plan to give the airport cab driver the last of my Scottish pounds.