Edinburgh, Scotland.... what a place!
Due to the snow in Rome, we were sittin in that airport last Friday night to leave to Scotland for a long while. We didn't get into Edinburgh until quite late, around 1 in the morning or so? But our first impression when we did arrive in Scotland was great, due to our awesome taxi driver. Going from a grumpy butt taxi driver in Rome who didn't talk, to the most friendly talkative man, was a nice change. Oh and probably because he spoke English ( I was like YESSSS finally I can communicate with people! ) He drove on the left side of the road (which all the UK does, and is very confusing to me! haha ) and took us right to our Hostel in the heart of old-town Edinburgh. The hostel was right next to the castle, which came as a shock as we hopped out of that taxi and looked up at the amazing-ness of a castle at night.
We woke up Saturday morning and grabbed some good ol' fashion bacon and eggs sandwiches. Then we began our wondering of the most gorgeous green country. The next three days consisted of a train ride to Stirling for a day (Stirling being the place of the Stirling castle, the William Wallace monument, and tons of gorgeous country side) , we spent much time in old-town and the new-town of Edinburgh, walked through so many streets, got lost then had to find taxi's because we were off the map too far, watched the Super Bowl at a bar starting at 11:30 pm, walked to the top of hills to get great city views of the city, and enjoyed every last second of Edinburgh.
The Scottish accent is so cool, I love just about everything about the accent, the language and the slang words. More importantly I loved the humor, chatty-ness, and friendliness of Scottish people!
After this trip I decided Scotland is absolutely one of my favorite countries!
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| Edinburgh Castle |
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| Hostel livin'... |
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| our breakfast everyday |
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| a church in Stirling |
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| The Stirling Castle |
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| Me, doing a little lounging at the castle |
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| A ceiling in one of the rooms at the castle |
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| do you see how small Shane is? As he tries to climb the William Wallace Monument... |
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| A beautiful cemetery at the top of a hill in Edinburgh |
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| overlooking the Holyrood Palace |
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| "new-town" of Edinburgh ... lots of great shopping on this street! |
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| A monument paying tribute to the scottish soldiers that fought alongside Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War |
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| loved this curvy street in "old-town" |
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| The Holyrood Palace |
2 comments:
Rach Irish I would of know you were going to Scotland that's where my dad is from and my family lives just outside of Edinburgh they would of loved to have you stay with them ! They are so cute and my grandma could of shown you all the best places she is all about that so if you go back let me know ! Looks like you are having a blast and I might want some of your Scotland pictures to put inmy houses just love being there !!!!! Love you
These are so awesome! I loooove the palace and the abe monument....
ps you look so pretty
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