An Ode To Aberdeen Beach
![Aberdeen At First Glance, Scotland,Travel With Children, Moving Abroad, Aberdeen Beach](https://i0.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130821-021159.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024)
Oh, Aberdeen Beach.
You are sometimes called “Fun Beach,”
which makes us smile.
![The North Sea, Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen Beach](https://i1.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130828-143043.jpg?resize=1024%2C768)
You are the first place we visited when we came to Aberdeen.
![Aberdeen, Scotland, Week 3, Aberdeen Beach](https://i2.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/20130905-091657.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024)
And you are the first place we bring our visitors. Usually as soon as they arrive.
![Aberdeen Beach, Scotland](https://i1.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_6536.jpg?resize=1170%2C878)
It’s the North Sea! I say to my family and friends.
![In The Pipeline, Sarabeth and Me at Aberdeen Beach](https://i2.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140614-084050-31250278.jpg?resize=1024%2C768)
It’s so cold! They say when they stick their toes in the water.
![Aberdeen Beach with Diane](https://i0.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_4282.jpg?resize=1170%2C878)
Yes. All beaches are not warm apparently.
And you, Aberdeen Beach. You are never warm.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0599.jpg?resize=1170%2C878)
I mean sometimes crazy kids take their coats and even their sweatshirts off, but I always have my coat on.
![Aberdeen Beach, Scotland](https://i1.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0598.jpg?resize=1170%2C878)
And usually so does everyone else.
I always bundle up for a walk on your sands.
And I wear my wellies so I can stomp through the water.
Nope, you are not warm, but you are still lovely.
And you are fun.
![#whattheDT at the sea, Aberdeen Beach](https://i1.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0342.jpg?resize=558%2C418)
And I have loved walking with friendsĀ in all seasons by the sea.
I don’t know where I am going next but I suspect it will not be so near to the North Sea.
![Aberdeen Beach, Scotland, Sea Glass](https://i1.wp.com/www.alisonchino.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0590.jpg?resize=1170%2C1560)
So I will carry a few bits and pieces from my days of walking on your shores.
And I promise to always treasure the wind blown days of living by the sea.
Lovely, wonderful and beautiful.