{"id":5841,"date":"2022-06-22T12:50:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=5841"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:50:26","slug":"theres-a-first-time-for-everything-the-food-poisoning-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/2022\/06\/theres-a-first-time-for-everything-the-food-poisoning-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s a First Time for Everything, the Food Poisoning Ed."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first week of our journey to Scotland and the United Kingdom primarily focused on the required teaching component of the trip. After arriving in and touring London for about a day, we headed north to a small town in Scotland called Dumfries. We were to stay here for about a week and teach at a local primary school in town. Before departing, as part of our pre-travel preparations, we were broken into small groups and asked to focus on agriculture. My group developed a lesson centered around eggs’ anatomical and nutritional wonders. In total, we taught three lessons, and in between teaching, we helped build a greenhouse for the school. A few professors at the local university, The University of Glasgow at Dumfries, even took us hiking during a couple of the afternoons!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A serene night in Dumfries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pretty flowers near a restaurant with the best fish n’ chips in town!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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KIng’s Coffee on the right – delicious!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The greenhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the top of Grey Mare’s Tail Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

After our stay in Dumfries, we left for Glasgow. I was shocked to find Glasgow is an actual city with skyscrapers and all! I swear I could have been in St. Paul, Minnesota or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; minus some of the architecture, you could hardly tell the difference between being abroad and being back in the states! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Glasgow, I had the opportunity to walk around the university’s main campus and take a few beautiful photos. Later, the group went to dinner at what is supposedly the world’s largest Thai restaurant. All was delicious until I woke up early the next morning with my first ever bout of food poisoning \u2013 my dismay was through the roof! We were supposed to travel to the Isle of Skye later in the morning, which was a part of the trip I was very much looking forward to, but I was so unwell I, unfortunately, had to miss the next two days of the trip. Though I was certainly disappointed, my body was in no shape to travel. I am an avid runner and had managed to squeeze in several miles while staying in Dumfries. This activity, combined with the hiking and carrying the massive pack, meant I was a little worse-for-wear on that fateful food poisoning morning. By the time I recovered, I felt very grateful for the couple of days to let my body rest and relax. At this point, I was able to join back up with the group and continue with the trip!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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