One of the main things I have repeatedly mentioned on my blog is getting into college/university, which is what I have been trying to do for the past 2 or more years, there is always some reason why I don't get in or it doesn't work out. Here you have my latest story on the subject.
Since I really want to get my bachelor degree on Early Childhood Education, I have applied to lots of places but always hear different news back from them. The reason I have not been accepted in Hungary is because Hungarian universities don't accept my high school diploma and they don't have the course in English here. I tried applying in some other countries but come to realize soon after, that I could never afford them. All that being said I learned that Scotland would be my best option and therefore applied to a lot of colleges there. I was called for an interview for one in a small town called Galashiels and since it wasn't possible to do it over skype I happily spent a ton of money and flew to Scotland. I stayed 2 nights and 3 days in Edinburgh and went to Galashiels only for my interview. I got accepted but not on the level I would have liked. If I would go to college there it would take me 6 years to have my bachelors degree, which is a huge waste of time considering I have been teaching kindergarten for years now. Therefore I have made a new decision: I am going to study a different subject. Life keeps on throwing it in my face that this won't work out, at first I thought I wasn't trying hard enough, but after a while I realized that maybe it wasn't meant to be. I may be wrong, but I am now trying to get into university here in Hungary from February and after I have my BA I can always go back to teaching in a kindergarten.
Maybe things are complicated, but at least this interview helped contribute to my travels.
Here are some pictures of Edinburgh, which is a beautiful city:
This is the first picture I took, from the bus. I always knew the Scots were famous for their kilts, but I never expected them to have separate shops where they sell them.
The Cathedral
The Castle -the Game Of Thrones sky cells idea were taken from this castle
Of course, the typical red phone booths from the UK
This was pretty funny
The entrance to the cemetery dome is made from the ashes of dead people
Bobby
Scottish people playing bag pipes was one of my favorite things about Scotland
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I was expecting sheep, and I got sheep
(on the bus to Galashiels)
Scottish Whiskey-Isle of Jura
Outskirts of the Royal Botanic Gardens
(I didn't have time to see the actual gardens)
Statue of David Livingstone
Edinburgh airport, just because I have never seen this many cars parked in one place in my life
This is for all my friends who are Harry Potter fans:
As most people know J. K. Rowling is from Edinburgh.
She wrote the first 2 books in this cafe called The Elephant House
(I know I should have taken the picture from the front)
George Hariot's School, the inspiration for Hogwarts, it has 4 houses and 4 towers
Diagon Alley
Tom Riddell's grave
-J. K. Rowling ran out of names for characters in Harry Potter and went to the cemetery to look for names
Flying back to Hungary:
