Scotland Honors its National Poet on Burns Night
Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland was not only a great poet and songwriter he was also a keen social commentator who wrote with great empathy about love and universal brotherhood. Visitors to Scotland in January must definitely partake in a Burns Night supper ritual that is held all over Scotland on his birth anniversary, January 25th as a tribute to his memory. Irrespective of whether it is held in a formal dining room or the local pub, the program followed is the same. In fact this ritual has now spread to other parts of the world.
http://www.robertburns.org /suppers/
第二學期剛開始就狀況不斷
第一天記錯時間，遲到半小時還被關在外面
第二天又忘記要領課本要早點到，剛從市區買菜回來就被同學的電話急call
我想我的心應該還在旅行才對
話說在chester的遊客中心拿了一本非常精美的旅遊書(第一次有這種好康)
通常這種有圖片的書都得花大錢買
所以看到就不辭辛苦的扛回來
還在想第一個周末要去哪晃
就看到index介紹的這個蘇格蘭傳統節慶burn's night
是為了記念一個蘇格蘭的詩人
在蘇格蘭他們會在這天準備豐富的晚餐
包括傳統食物"haggis"
是一種用羊內臟做的食物
上次到scotland時，被b&b的主人半哄半騙下吃了幾口
味道真的很腥…不過有的人很愛
(旁邊比較黑的是 black pudding)
走到學校的路上
聽廣播說法文的Haggis
是"unqulified sausage"差點笑到岔氣
因為同組的英國人dan是小學歷史老師
我就順便問了一下這個節慶的典故
一旁的非洲人就說我怎麼對這些東西這麼有興趣
我覺得了解英國文化也是來這邊的目的之一啊
(除了真的沒辦法享受在pub看football外)
