Edinburgh
Gutentag?? Ciao?? G'day! Yes, we are back in the land of the English speaking... well kinda. Edinburgh was the destination after a very short flight from Cologne in Germany. The land of Loch Ness, Haggis and funny accents!
We arrived the earliest out of any city so far, around 11am local time. We weren't able to check in that early when we reached the hostel so we went out for a cheap meal at a pub they recommended and wandered the city for a while. After checking in, we walked some more, and some more, finally having some pasta (for the first time in a while) at a small cafe.
The next day we continued our walking. We had decided to walk the seeming short distance on the map from the city to the port to the north of the city. We strolled thru nice little streets and the very cool Royal Botanical Gardens on Edinburgh (yes, I am being serious, they put a lot of effort into making the place interesting - including a gallery displaying the art and photos of the students that take the free art classes they run). We kept walking and walking and finally reached the water. We found an awesome little pub overhanging the end of the water and filled ourselves up on homemade pies, chips and veggies. We continued walking after lunch over to the very big and modern Ocean Terminal shopping center where we did a little shopping, took in the majesty of the Royal Yacht Britannia and saw a 'flick' at the cinema. Afterwards it was straight home for icecream and bed.
The next day we explored the other side of the city and found some nice open parks and little shopping streets. Walked around in circles a few times without realising too. Made lunch and dinner back at the hostel to try and save a few quid. Jeni slept the afternoon while I spent a few hours wandering round the huge book store on the corner looking for a book for the bus and plane home. That night we did yet more walking - the city is great at night with the huge castle all lit up in the middle.
Yet again no tourist attractions... I guess we are saving our money for London which we hear is fairly expensive. One interesting thing I noticed in Edinburgh however is while it had a large amount of old churches like most other European cities, more than half the ones we saw had been converted into refuges, nightclubs and even a picture framing business. Just an interesting observation. We also saw other cool things like old Police boxes converted into coffee stalls on the street. Edinburgh is a very arty city and I guess we walked so much as to try and soak it all up.
Anyway, we have arrived in London now. My phone battery just before the 9.5 hour bus journey so I couldn't write the blog on the way. It is much easier to write on the computer anyway (because you don't loose your entire post when you accidentally hit the wrong button by accident). A London update shortly!
We arrived the earliest out of any city so far, around 11am local time. We weren't able to check in that early when we reached the hostel so we went out for a cheap meal at a pub they recommended and wandered the city for a while. After checking in, we walked some more, and some more, finally having some pasta (for the first time in a while) at a small cafe.
The next day we continued our walking. We had decided to walk the seeming short distance on the map from the city to the port to the north of the city. We strolled thru nice little streets and the very cool Royal Botanical Gardens on Edinburgh (yes, I am being serious, they put a lot of effort into making the place interesting - including a gallery displaying the art and photos of the students that take the free art classes they run). We kept walking and walking and finally reached the water. We found an awesome little pub overhanging the end of the water and filled ourselves up on homemade pies, chips and veggies. We continued walking after lunch over to the very big and modern Ocean Terminal shopping center where we did a little shopping, took in the majesty of the Royal Yacht Britannia and saw a 'flick' at the cinema. Afterwards it was straight home for icecream and bed.
The next day we explored the other side of the city and found some nice open parks and little shopping streets. Walked around in circles a few times without realising too. Made lunch and dinner back at the hostel to try and save a few quid. Jeni slept the afternoon while I spent a few hours wandering round the huge book store on the corner looking for a book for the bus and plane home. That night we did yet more walking - the city is great at night with the huge castle all lit up in the middle.
Yet again no tourist attractions... I guess we are saving our money for London which we hear is fairly expensive. One interesting thing I noticed in Edinburgh however is while it had a large amount of old churches like most other European cities, more than half the ones we saw had been converted into refuges, nightclubs and even a picture framing business. Just an interesting observation. We also saw other cool things like old Police boxes converted into coffee stalls on the street. Edinburgh is a very arty city and I guess we walked so much as to try and soak it all up.
Anyway, we have arrived in London now. My phone battery just before the 9.5 hour bus journey so I couldn't write the blog on the way. It is much easier to write on the computer anyway (because you don't loose your entire post when you accidentally hit the wrong button by accident). A London update shortly!
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