That's it way in the background there.
St. Andrews, Scotland. Located on the cliffs overlooking the North Sea, in the Kingdom of Fife. Tiny little place -- smaller than Carlisle, for reference! It used to be the religious capital of Scotland, home to the largest cathedral in the country, which now exists only in ruins:
Damn it, Protestants, we leave the room for five minutes and when we've come back there's a ruin and a gift shop.
St. Andrews is also known as the golf capital of the world, a fact which I find terribly uninteresting, but here's a picture anyway.
Golf. Yay.
Other exciting things around town include a castle which was originally built in the 13th century...
Perhaps you've noticed that the castle is also a ruin. I hate to point fingers, so let's just say that those dirty Scottish Calvinists had to come in and Knox it down. (Okay, that was Tim's joke, but it was magnificent and bears repeating.)
From a student's perspective, there are four major streets (South, Market, North, and the Scores!) that contain all the academic buildings and most anything you could ever think to need, and a bus station to leave town once you've gotten tired of the castle. Other nice features:
Some quite lovely beaches.
A perpetual greyness that I find ideal. It helps that it drizzles fully half the time.
Erm, cliffs.
General loveliness.
Etc and etc, the end! Oh, and if you're actually terribly interested, this map is neat and even has some panoramic camera action.
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