Homestay
Saturday
When we reached Largs, Mrs Helen Crawford drove us around to check out where the rest of us were staying, and then back to her house. We entered her house, took out our muddy shoes and headed upstairs to put our bags in the study. Then we went down to meet Mr Ian Crawford and the dogs Aero and Benjamin. Aero's a female black Collie, and Ben's a 16-year-old male Sausage dog whose head is less than 30cm off the ground. Actually, his head is hardly off the floor as he likes to lick the (kitchen) floor and just wouldn't listen to commands.
Then I had some lentil soup with bread as lunch which I ate together with Mrs Crawford at the dining table, while Jiahua and Rachael had their packed lunch from camp in the loft upstairs. Or up-ladder. Yes there's this loft in the shape of those attics you see in stories and you have to climb up this metal ladder to get up there.
At first our hosts had decided for one person to sleep in the study and the other two to sleep upstairs, but in the end they gave us a choice which is for all three to sleep in the loft. In the end I slept in the study and they slept in the loft. After a rest and changing into clean clothes, Mrs Crawford brought us to meet the Corrs who lived just down the street, which took just 2mins to get there. When we met them, we headed to the town to see the oldest church in Scotland.
The first church was a pagan church, but later it became a Christian church. The original building had fallen into ruin and was no longer there, but the extension was still standing. You could see where the 2 parts had connected. The extension had this part where the priests would stand, and it had stairs going up to it. It was made in honor of the owner's wife who died early. The ceiling had paintings of the four seasons each in a corner, and the stand had an arch covered with designs signifying death, and that his wife had been on who took care of the family well. The area around the building was covered with graves and headstones, with many layers of graves under it. Then we went into the church's museum, where there were exhibitions of objects used in the past.
After that, the three families decided that if the weather was good the Crawford and Corr girls will go Millport, and the Waldron girls would watch Mama Mia, and if the weather's bad, we'll all watch it. At that moment, we met Fiona and (she's intellectually disabled and goes around in a wheelchair pushed by) her friend.
Then we walked along the promenade and Mrs Crawford treated us to ice-cream. After walking for a while we went our seperate ways, the Waldron girls went shopping while we continued walking, then we headed home.
Back home, we arranged our stuff, then Jiahua and Rachael took turns to shower, and I read my book which I bought at Culzean castle. Then the five of us had dinner which was pizza, with the 2 dogs under the table, winding through our legs and licking us, so the 3 of us were giggling all the way. Then we had chocolate angel delight, a thick creamy desert.
After dinner, Mrs Crawford brought us up the hill to see the sunset. We had some trouble getting Aero past the gate, until Jiahua noted that all that stopped the gate from opening was a loop of rope around the post. It was nice to trek up the hill, as it has quite a steep incline. We tried walking backwards and it was cool to see Largs getting further away. We passed by two telephone masses, then we got through another rusty gate and reached this fenced-up place with lots of nettle and this big green box in the same dimensions as those gray ones we have here. There were some sheep nearby and we could hear them baa-ing loudly. Until Aero started barking at least. "Girl's night," Mrs Crawford commented. Haha. The sunset that day wasn't that good, and I had forgotten to bring my camera (handphone). On the way down, Mrs Crawford helped me to pluck a thorny thistle. Thistles have pricks on their leaves so the two of us were going "Ouch! Oww!" One went right into my flesh and it hurt for a few days when I pressed on the area. Now the thistle is dried up and still in the little bottle I got from Conservation. And it's all black too, but the flower's still soft and the leaves still thorny.
After that, I sat in the living room watching TV while they used the computer, which I used after them. I had the chance to take a shower that night. Oh the toilet had those rubbery kind of stickers in the shape of swallows! Then we had hot chocolate, and we went to bed. Or sofa, rather.
When we reached Largs, Mrs Helen Crawford drove us around to check out where the rest of us were staying, and then back to her house. We entered her house, took out our muddy shoes and headed upstairs to put our bags in the study. Then we went down to meet Mr Ian Crawford and the dogs Aero and Benjamin. Aero's a female black Collie, and Ben's a 16-year-old male Sausage dog whose head is less than 30cm off the ground. Actually, his head is hardly off the floor as he likes to lick the (kitchen) floor and just wouldn't listen to commands.
Then I had some lentil soup with bread as lunch which I ate together with Mrs Crawford at the dining table, while Jiahua and Rachael had their packed lunch from camp in the loft upstairs. Or up-ladder. Yes there's this loft in the shape of those attics you see in stories and you have to climb up this metal ladder to get up there.
At first our hosts had decided for one person to sleep in the study and the other two to sleep upstairs, but in the end they gave us a choice which is for all three to sleep in the loft. In the end I slept in the study and they slept in the loft. After a rest and changing into clean clothes, Mrs Crawford brought us to meet the Corrs who lived just down the street, which took just 2mins to get there. When we met them, we headed to the town to see the oldest church in Scotland.
The first church was a pagan church, but later it became a Christian church. The original building had fallen into ruin and was no longer there, but the extension was still standing. You could see where the 2 parts had connected. The extension had this part where the priests would stand, and it had stairs going up to it. It was made in honor of the owner's wife who died early. The ceiling had paintings of the four seasons each in a corner, and the stand had an arch covered with designs signifying death, and that his wife had been on who took care of the family well. The area around the building was covered with graves and headstones, with many layers of graves under it. Then we went into the church's museum, where there were exhibitions of objects used in the past.
After that, the three families decided that if the weather was good the Crawford and Corr girls will go Millport, and the Waldron girls would watch Mama Mia, and if the weather's bad, we'll all watch it. At that moment, we met Fiona and (she's intellectually disabled and goes around in a wheelchair pushed by) her friend.
Then we walked along the promenade and Mrs Crawford treated us to ice-cream. After walking for a while we went our seperate ways, the Waldron girls went shopping while we continued walking, then we headed home.
Back home, we arranged our stuff, then Jiahua and Rachael took turns to shower, and I read my book which I bought at Culzean castle. Then the five of us had dinner which was pizza, with the 2 dogs under the table, winding through our legs and licking us, so the 3 of us were giggling all the way. Then we had chocolate angel delight, a thick creamy desert.
After dinner, Mrs Crawford brought us up the hill to see the sunset. We had some trouble getting Aero past the gate, until Jiahua noted that all that stopped the gate from opening was a loop of rope around the post. It was nice to trek up the hill, as it has quite a steep incline. We tried walking backwards and it was cool to see Largs getting further away. We passed by two telephone masses, then we got through another rusty gate and reached this fenced-up place with lots of nettle and this big green box in the same dimensions as those gray ones we have here. There were some sheep nearby and we could hear them baa-ing loudly. Until Aero started barking at least. "Girl's night," Mrs Crawford commented. Haha. The sunset that day wasn't that good, and I had forgotten to bring my camera (handphone). On the way down, Mrs Crawford helped me to pluck a thorny thistle. Thistles have pricks on their leaves so the two of us were going "Ouch! Oww!" One went right into my flesh and it hurt for a few days when I pressed on the area. Now the thistle is dried up and still in the little bottle I got from Conservation. And it's all black too, but the flower's still soft and the leaves still thorny.
After that, I sat in the living room watching TV while they used the computer, which I used after them. I had the chance to take a shower that night. Oh the toilet had those rubbery kind of stickers in the shape of swallows! Then we had hot chocolate, and we went to bed. Or sofa, rather.
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