Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Day 5 - Scottish Night

To top off the day, we had a traditional Scottish Night. Arranged for us by Harry, who came dressed in his best kilt, we had a bag piper, a Scottish Dancer and a Robert Burns expert who recited some poetry. We also had the opportunity to try haggis. It was apparently quite the big deal, as we started with the ceremony of the haggis. The haggis was brought in on a platter in a big procession.

We were serenaded with bagpipes throughout dinner and had several Scottish dances performed for us. Having Burns recited made it much easier to understand. Or it could have been the wee dram of whisky we had beforehand. They did use our water glasses to serve it...
Our haggis looked more appealing than we had expected. It might have helped that it was drenched in whisky gravy. or, again, it could have been that dram of whisky! We took pictures of each other eating it so we'd have proof. (and before you mock Karen's hair, refer to the earlier posting about the wind!!)
Posted by Picasa

No comments:

Post a Comment