It was over a week ago that Nikita and I got back from Edinburgh, Scotland...I didn't realize how much I had to get done when I got back. OOPS! Oh well, I figured I'd update it now!
Well, what can I say? Edinburgh was simply beautiful! I went awhile ago with my family but it was def. a city worth returning to. We stayed at our first hostel, ST. Christopher's! It was extremely hard to find though. It was attached to a pub called Belushi's Bar & Hostel. Nikita was like, "Hey, maybe we can ask these guys..." and I cut her off saying "No! We shouldn't ask one hostel where another hostel is...that would be rude." Well, it turns out that if I had just listened to Nikita and walked in we would have found our hostel (and saved us 30mins of useless walking). They were SUPER nice and very clean (they also gave us a free breakfast and 10% off drinks). I suggest them entirely (thanks Stacy!!).
What was great about our hostel was that they had a bunch of brochures about the city. Nikita and I only planned on seeing one thing (the castle) and figured we just do whatever when we weren't there. Anyway, we found one brochure for a FREE Edninburgh tour (3 hours!) they pretty much took you everywhere through the city. So, thinking that that was a very good deal, Nikita and I woke up early the next day to do it. Our tour guide was AMAZING. She was a young theatre student from Canada who had moved to Edinburgh 4 months ago for "adventure." She was extremely entertaining and made friends with Nikita and I. She also did our Ghost Tour of Edinburgh that we took later on that night. We had to pay 7 pounds for that tour...but they gave us a free pint of Strongbow that night, so that was nice of the tour guide peeps.
Throughout the day, Nikita and I would explore, shop, and so on. One place we went to was the Elephant House. This was the cafe where J.K. Rowling apparently wrote the first Harry Potter on a napkin! It was very cool (especially since I've become fascinated with elephants lately) but very busy due to obvious reasons. We ate there twice; so worth the hullabaloo. Most of the time, if we weren't on a tour or exploring, we would chill at the Starbucks that was next to out hostel. It was so vast and comforting! Very different from the Starbucks' back home which seem to be small and always packed.
We finally made it to the castle on Sunday! It was amazing! We went early in the morning to avoid the traffic of fellow visitors. We took many pictures, saw the crown jewels, gift shop, WWI memorial room, dog graveyard, and the stone of destiny (which has an amazing history...you should google it...)
So all and all, Nikita and I had a fantastic time and wished that we could have stayed longer in Scotland so that we could she some of the Highlands. Oh well...there was one Highland that was visible from all high points of Edinburgh. It was called Arthur's Seat. It was so majestic!
LOve & Peace!
2 comments:
I love Edinburgh!! I saw the picture of the hostel and I was like HEY! That looks familiar! I bet she went to St. Christopher's. I forgot that I told you about it ^__^. Isn't it a nice place? I'm happy you had a great time. I can't wait to go back there too!
Scotland is a place to love. Remember breakfast in Glasgow. The roof tops were right out of Mary Poppins. You guys must of had fun walking those little streets by the castle. Remember lunch at that one side street. I think we had cheese toasties there. wow ! I cannot wait to go back.
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