Irn Bru

Hello all,

Even though it is Jessie's turn to write the blog, I'm taking this one today. Jessie is busy reading for an essay in her Celtic Civilizations class, which is due next Monday (or perhaps she's playing on her phone...). Either way, we have heard that grading is much easier here than stateside, so we don't have to stress too much over them.

Just a short installment today. I wanted to share with you a Scottish drink that Jessie and I have discovered and love. No, not whisky. This one is a soft drink called "Irn Bru" (iron brew). It's an orange-colored soft drink with a taste reminiscent of cotton candy, although that falls far short of its true wonder. It is the Scottish equivalent of coca-cola. They do have coke over here, but we have heard that Irn Bru is actually more popular than coke in Scotland (one of our tour guides thought this might be a lie spread by coke to boost their sales, but at any rate I definitely think it much more enjoyable than coke). Each bottle proudly proclaims it has been "freshly bru'd in Scotland to a secret recipe for over 100 years." It is such a local wonder that we have found two (not one, but two) small books of poems dedicated to Irn Bru. One of the local ice cream cafes has "Irn Bru sorbet," which I can't wait to try.

Just a couple more quick announcements, and then I'll let you go about you day. First, Jessie and I are planning to take a train into England this weekend. We want to visit the Lake District, and hopefully do some hiking around where William Wordsworth lived. We are both very excited, so expect a blog post soon with pictures and stories from that trip!

Also, Jessie and I are planning on having this blog printed and bound as a keepsake of our trip when we get back. If you want to get into the book, make sure you leave comments on our posts!

Thanks for reading, everyone! May the Force be with you,

~Jacob and Jessie Wilkerson