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st andrews by the northern sea home away from home in scotland skip to navigation skip to main content skip to primary sidebar skip to secondary sidebar skip to footer st andrews by the northern sea home away from home in scotland my st andrews the town jewel in fife in the fresh air home of golf the open 2015 st andrews in print the poem andrew lang helpful links further afield day trips from st andrews edinburgh my st andrews the day in october 1967 when i got of the train in st andrews when there was still a station there it felt very cold damp and gray to me when i entered hamilton hall i was awestruck at the unique architecture and grandeur of the building though since it had been repurposed from a plush hotel to a student hall of residence in about 1950 the furnishings were certainly more utilitarian and less designed to impress i lived there for the most carefree days of my life not necessarily the easiest but filled with friends and fun hamilton hall i was born and raised in ohio and one of my professors at baldwin wallace college berea ohio had studied and lived in st andrews and it just sounded like the best place in the world and i was always up for trying something new he was a great lecturer as well as raconteur during my sophomore year i applied to st andrews to do my junior year abroad and was accepted i remember asking myself if this was good or bad it was certainly a long way to go on my own what if i hated it no problems there it took a bit of adjustment to teaching style and expectations but soon i adapted and what better place to study medieval history i also like the fact that i didn t have to take courses in math and science only the arts so i got to spend more time doing the things i liked being a student in the late 60 s was great what better time to come of age a lot of music comes to mind when i think of that period from peter paul and mary to jimi hendrix new sounds and groups were coming out all the time but of course none could top the beatles or rolling stones i also brought with me a love of soul music and converted many to its sound i certainly could have been a better student but it was such a time of freedom and i don t mean that in the negative way like drug taking and love making but our particular generation was breaking ground in many ways and questioning many long held ideas life was an adventure i met my husband there and while i was tremendously sad to leave st andrews i took some of it away with me in my spirit and my blood we lived in london or survived for nearly three years then my husband took a job with a british firm in the in the washington d c area and we have lived in virginia ever since one of the best decisions we ever made was to buy a house in st andrews in 1985 we rent it to university students during the school year and then stay there ourselves for about a month every summer when our four children were small they had so much fun there and it has been a happy and memorable family experience it was also a great place to meet up with other members of paul s family especially cousins the same age as our children the house was often full to bursting with playful children and happy adults now it s just me and my husband making the annual trip and while we have friends and enjoy their company and still love the town it s not quite the same and when it was a family expedition but it will always be the home of my heart share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook leave a comment comments 1 frejatravels june 21 2018 at 10 43 am wouw what a story the building looks nice reply leave a comment cancel reply follow st andrews by the northern sea on wordpress com categories dundee scotland travel st andrews uncategorized archives september 2023 1 july 2020 1 june 2014 2 april 2014 1 march 2014 1 recent comments allthebeautifulfools on edinburgh follow blog via email enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address follow join 15 other subscribers create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed st andrews by the northern sea sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy st andrews by the northern sea subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments you must be logged in to post a comment design a site like this with wordpress com get started