Day 8 (Sunday, 25th September): Lazy Sunday in Oban

By Alina and Emma

Today we all slept in and had a late start to our day. We ate our breakfast in the community kitchen and shortly after that assembled in one of the community living rooms for a catch up about yesterdays adventure. Mrs Hänggi explained some of the rock formation to us that we were able to see yesterday and that we had previously learned about in class.

After that the class was split up into two groups. One group with the under 18s and Mrs Franc and the over 18s with Mrs Hänggi. The first group made their way to the Oban Whiskey distillery and had the tour first. Right after the over 18s had their go. Some of the class were able to do some whiskey tasting. We learned about the various components of whiskey and how it is made in the small distillery. They taught us about the three key components in whiskey, being malt, water and yeast. The Oban distillery has four main tastes that make their whiskey individual and special from others. Their whiskeys have a smokey-salty-orangey-honey flavouring to it.

After the tour we all went our own ways for lunch. Most of us ate at home but some went out for seafood.

We had the afternoon off. Some went to the charity shops and bookshops while others enjoyed their afternoon in the youth hostel. The weather turned rapidly and the sunshine went. It started pouring with rain and stormy winds appeared.

The stormy weather didn’t stop four of the group for an afternoon swim. They ran into the ocean which is right in front of the hostel.

In the evening we went out to dinner together as a class. The restaurant served Italian food. We enjoyed the food and the time together.

After dinner we went home where most of us started packing for tomorrow.