We then traveled up to Edinburgh, Scotland. We drove for quite a long time. Luckily we had bought Bourne Ultimatum for 2 pounds and that helped the time go faster. Edinburgh was such a cool town and everything was so close together. We went to Edingburgh Castle. There were cool views of the city. There were some guards up there, and don't worry... I got one to smile(almost a laugh). We saw so many guys walking around in quilts and saw someone playing the bagpipes. It was cool! Arthurs seat is a cool hike and where you can see a view of the entire city and the sea. It was so windy at the top, but felt good since we hiked it so fast and were sweaty! While there we ate at 'The Elephant House', where JK Rolling got some inspiration and quite frequently went. We had the same view that she talked about of the castle and graveyard. After eating there, we heard that in that graveyard was Tom Riddle's grave. So we went and checked it out two different times. The last time we went late one night and some scared each other. It was fun!
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Elephant House restaurant(where JK Rolling went a lot for
inspiration and stuff) |
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Trying to be a wizard in front of
Thomas Riddle's Grave ha |
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| Canon at the top of Edinburgh Castle |
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| Bagpipe man! |
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| Crown Jewels in Scotland |
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| View from Calton Hill in Scotland! |
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He was trying so hard to keep a straight face...
but I made the guard smile haha |
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| View from the top of Arthurs Seat! 45 minute hike up |
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Queen's Palace in Scotland!
No big deal... it's just massive! |
We then traveled to the Lake District. It was such a beautiful area! It was so green, had waterfalls, lakes, and was just so cool! We went on a boat ride on Lake Windermere. It was awesome! It rained a little while we were on it, but made it so much fun. It was such a small town, but so fun! We had dinner at some restaurant and I decided to get a drink rather than the usual tap water. I got their lemonade. Their lemonade here is completely different. It was clear, and tasted like a perfumy lemonade. That was the first and last time I will have lemonade here:). We then went to our hostel up on the hill over looking the lake. I was surprised that the bus made it all the way up since it was such a tight squeeze! While at the hostel we watched Harry Potter 4, the season finale of American Idol(british commercials were hilarious to see!), and played scum and banana grams(which is like speed scrabble). The next day we went on walk/hike. It had rained the day before, but it was supposed to be okay. We saw a cool wall on the way up. Along the way there was a cool lake and slate canyons. We also got towards the top and realized the rain hadn't dried up and was still coming down. So many ruined their shoes. I wasn't going to ruin my white shoes, so I took them off and walked barefoot until I got to drier ground. Britton decided to try to jump the area. He almost made it, but landed on some mud and ended up sliding down and getting muddy. What an eventful day. It was worth it cause at the top we saw a great view, had the royal air force fly over really low, and added some rocks to the pile(every hiker brings one up from the bottom and adds to the hill of rocks!). It was fun. We then headed back on the bus for five hours. We got Mcdonalds on the way back and watched Star Trek(which made it go quicker!). What a fun trip!
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| View from the Hostel |
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| Lemonade |
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| Cool designed art wall along the hike! |
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| The Hobbit and Rafiki(mud butt) |
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| I match the cow haha |
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| I fed the horse grass from my mouth haha |
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| One of the swans that attacked us |
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| Huge drop off |
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| Rock pile at the top of the hike |
