Our Edinburgh day!
Well it was my second time in Edingburgh so I was more of guide than exploring XD
The day began with an interesting surprise. Following the sun and sporadic rain yesterday this day it was snowing O.o Yes I do not joke, it was snowing and hailing. Scotish weather at its best XD It wasn't even only normal snow it was a whole snowstorm. Nearly couldn't see my hand in front of my face.
We went to Edinburgh early in the morning and I have to admit I slept for most of the ride. I woke up shortly to see the snowstorm but was out like a light a second later. =D
We parked near the St. James Center which is a shopping center right in the middle of Edinburgh.
After briefly looking through the shopping center we set off towards the castle. I coud only show my family the castle, the mill museum next to it and a game shop before my dad and brother got hungry. And hungry man want food. Fast. XD
So we headed to the Pizza Hut as my brother really didn't want to eat any english food and everyone else was okay with it (especially my mom as she got herself a new scarf XD).
The Pizza Hut has an all-you-can-eat buffet and I totaly overstuffed myself x.x I mean all you can eat pizza and pasta and salad. After we were finished there I rolled myself through Edinburgh XD
We then went to the game store as games and dvds are really, really cheap here in England and in Scotland too. I got an early Easter present in the form of 7 seasons of Scrubs =D (All together they onyl cost about 20 pounds!). I also got the fame Mirrors Edge for less than 5 pounds and as totally happy for the rest of my holidays XD
Afterwards we went straight to the shopping center and mum went crazy XD She looked through a lot of shops looking for a tea pot for a friend and then through some more to look for other stuff. The shop she really went crazy in was Poundland XD We got all kinds of stuff there and just picked up everything we thought could be usefull XD
After that we went to a totally new thing. A fish pedicure! The shop was called Appy Feet and it was amazing XD 10 minutes starter cost 10 pounds per person and you have to fill out a medical form and wash your feet beforehand (they have an extra foot shower for that XD).
The feeling of so many little fish nibbling on your feet is really something else =D At first I squeaked but after some time you get used to it and it's not tickling anymore. For this I have to admit that I'm super ticklish on my feet, so much that I won't even let people touch my feet. But the fish were okay after a minute or so XD
The ten minutes flew by with talking to my mum and observing the fish =D
Every tickling in the beginning is so worth it though! My feet felt like baby feet afterwards =D
That was the last thing we did in Edinburgh and we drove back home. On the way there we stopped by a Co-op to get some water and sandwichs. From there on I was allowed to drive =D I love to drive in Britain! XD Left sided traffic is just fun =D
The evening was relaxed again and we decided that the next day would be a "lazy day" meaning that we would start off around lunch and not as early as before =) Both my brother and me were grateful for that XD
Love
Thym
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April 22, 2012
March 8, 2012
Scotland - Part 1
On saturday our two day trip to Scotland began =)
First idea was to start at 7 am. Which was then pushed back to 8 am. (Really good idea!) I woke up a little bit late again but got ready just in time for 8 am.... when Hanna called me and told me they still needed some time. XD Totally okay with me ;-D At 9:15 then they picked me up and off we were to Edinburgh!
I was still very tired and sitting in the back of the car with two others was very comfy and warm and I fell asleep pretty quickly XD
I woke up shortly before the border when we took a little break =D Afterwards I managed to stay awake and ejoy the view =) I have to say Scotland is beautiful! And there are sheep everywhere! Really anywhere you look you see a sheep XD It was very funny and a source of great distraction for at least 30 mins when we always found new sheep =)
After driving some more and me dozing of again (bad me! I should stop the habbit of faling aslep anywhere I am) we arrived in Edinburgh.
While driving through the city looking for a parking space we already got a good first impression of the city and just enjoyed the view. It contrast to Preston Edinburgh has kept many old buildings and could easily be the same 100 years ago (with some adjustments of course ;-D).
After parking the car right inside the old town of Edinburgh we stopped by Starbucks for a coffe for Hanna and a hot chocolate for me =) (have to wake up somehow XD).
Our first stopp was on a bridge so we could get a look at everything around us =)
After the bridge we decided to walk to Edingburgh castle to see why people keep saying it is so great.
We actually went the right way but instead of walking straight through we let ourselves be distracted by lots of things.
I kept stopping to take some pictures, Olli did the same, Hanna and Otte looked around everywhere and Andy proved his knack for disappearing XD But alas, we found him again =)
The city was really beautiful and we jsut explored some side alleys and then went back on track to the castle =)
On our way got a little flyer for The Potter Trail! Of course I went on it and will tell you more about it later on =)
Further down the street we saw the Witchery and an invisible person across from it *__* I've many street artists around europe but this one was one of the best!
Shortly before the castly we saw a highlander with a huge sword! Really, the sword was as tall as Andy O.o
And then... you would think we arrived at the castle... well we were right in front of it when we decided to step into the Royal Mile Armouries. It was a very good decision =D
Inside they had beautiful swords *__* Sadly I was not allowed to take any pictures of the sord but they were magnificent! They even had Frodos sword Sting, the Witch Kings (or Saurons, not quite sure there) blade, a Urukhai blade, Aragons sword and a little shikai Zangetsu from Ichigo XD It was realy good!
In the basement they had an old manufractur to make the fabric for the kilts they sold. It was all done very nicely.
After walking through the building and finding everyone again we finally went to the castle!
Sadly we couldn't really go into it as you have to pay for entry but we walked around a bit and went into the parts that were open to the public =D
I thinks it is a really nice castle and it feels special somehow. Really weird to describe and maybe I just watched to much Merlin and read to much Harry Potter XD
After leaving the castle we just walked around the city and got distracte by some funny shaped mirrors XD
The boys were fascinated by the mirrors that shortened and elongated their legs XD
While walking around we were surprised by the most interesting weather... A short but intense hail storm with the sun still shinging and a rainbow at the end of the street O.o All of it lasted only 10 minutes or so ... Scotland is weird XD
Following the unplaned shower we kept walking around taking in everything while being surrounded by the sound of bagpipes. Yes it is true. In every street there was a man or woman standing in a kilt playing on a bagpipe! It was awesome!
After walking around the Greyfriars cementry (I have no idea how we ended up there O.o) we stopped in the Greyfriars Bobby Pub right next to it and got something to eat =D
Hanna and I got some Haggis for a starter... we were really worried but what we got didn't really look like Haggis and tasted great XD Oh and Hanna had her fist Guiness =D
Walking around the city afterwards was very funny as everyone got excited by something else XD
In the end we ended up on the other side of the bridge and right in a gang fight or something O.o Well... there wer 20 or something teenagers running around waving sticks and threatening the other teenager.... I didn't know whether to be afraid or just amused as they looked quite comically XD
We then walked back over the bridge and Hanna and I split off from the others to join The Potter Trail.
It. Was. Fantastic! I loved every minute of it =3
It started of with our guide giving each of us a wand so we could hex the street lights to work in our favour ( though he admitted the the hex might take up to 2 minutes to work XD)
We then walked into the Greyfriars cementry and he showed us the grave of William McGonagall the worlds worst poet and maybe the start of Professor McGonagall ;-D
We then saw the school that might be the starting point for Hogwarts. Why? Well it looks pretty similar, also has a house system with four houses and these have nearly the exact same colour as the Hogwarts houses.... Pretty big clue, don't you think?
After visiting Voldemorts grave (well at least Tom Riddles) and many other places (Diagon Alleys model, the cafe Rowling wrote the first book in, and others) we came back to our starting point and heard a funny story about the possible real life snape who tried to bewitch a girl to love him... I won't tell you how it ended as that is the interesting part ;-D
After the tour we gave the guide a tip as he was doing it absolutly fantastic and went back to the car to meet up with the boys and get going into the highlands!
Hanna was the one driving for the night and I was on stand by if she had to take a break. She was driving really well but there was one scene which was really funny XD We were just driving through a small alley in Edinburgh when this cab came around the corner. Hannas schock reaction was to try to evade the cab by moving to right side, which is the wrong lane here. The cab driver had to be so afraid XD He looked shocked enough that someone would get onto his lane XD But Hanna reacted great and got right back into the right lane and nothing more happened =)
We then drove to Pitlochry to get to our hostel for the night. We found it, checked in (the owner was a German!) and wnet ot our room. Lucky us got a 8 person room with just us 5 in it =)
We then planned our next day (to go to the Dog Falls and the Lochs there) and got ready for bed.
Hanna then put on the three question marks XD ("Die Drei Fragezeichen", for the germans) and I fell asleep after 5 seconds or so XD Actually it were 5 minutes but no more. From stories I know that the others listened to at least 2 more storys of the "Drei Fragezeichen" and some even watche a movie..
Well, I was out like a light and the second day of our trip will be told in the second part of my report =)
Love
Thym
First idea was to start at 7 am. Which was then pushed back to 8 am. (Really good idea!) I woke up a little bit late again but got ready just in time for 8 am.... when Hanna called me and told me they still needed some time. XD Totally okay with me ;-D At 9:15 then they picked me up and off we were to Edinburgh!
I was still very tired and sitting in the back of the car with two others was very comfy and warm and I fell asleep pretty quickly XD
I woke up shortly before the border when we took a little break =D Afterwards I managed to stay awake and ejoy the view =) I have to say Scotland is beautiful! And there are sheep everywhere! Really anywhere you look you see a sheep XD It was very funny and a source of great distraction for at least 30 mins when we always found new sheep =)
After driving some more and me dozing of again (bad me! I should stop the habbit of faling aslep anywhere I am) we arrived in Edinburgh.
While driving through the city looking for a parking space we already got a good first impression of the city and just enjoyed the view. It contrast to Preston Edinburgh has kept many old buildings and could easily be the same 100 years ago (with some adjustments of course ;-D).
After parking the car right inside the old town of Edinburgh we stopped by Starbucks for a coffe for Hanna and a hot chocolate for me =) (have to wake up somehow XD).
Our first stopp was on a bridge so we could get a look at everything around us =)
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| physicists and a computing students... of course we found the science festival XD |
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| Hanna our personal Starbucks commercial XD |
After the bridge we decided to walk to Edingburgh castle to see why people keep saying it is so great.
We actually went the right way but instead of walking straight through we let ourselves be distracted by lots of things.
I kept stopping to take some pictures, Olli did the same, Hanna and Otte looked around everywhere and Andy proved his knack for disappearing XD But alas, we found him again =)
The city was really beautiful and we jsut explored some side alleys and then went back on track to the castle =)
On our way got a little flyer for The Potter Trail! Of course I went on it and will tell you more about it later on =)
Further down the street we saw the Witchery and an invisible person across from it *__* I've many street artists around europe but this one was one of the best!
Shortly before the castly we saw a highlander with a huge sword! Really, the sword was as tall as Andy O.o
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| more about this will be explained later =) |
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| awesome invisible person! |
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| well... the sword is taller than Andy XD |
Inside they had beautiful swords *__* Sadly I was not allowed to take any pictures of the sord but they were magnificent! They even had Frodos sword Sting, the Witch Kings (or Saurons, not quite sure there) blade, a Urukhai blade, Aragons sword and a little shikai Zangetsu from Ichigo XD It was realy good!
In the basement they had an old manufractur to make the fabric for the kilts they sold. It was all done very nicely.
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| the new way to wear a kilt amuses me to no end XD |
After walking through the building and finding everyone again we finally went to the castle!
Sadly we couldn't really go into it as you have to pay for entry but we walked around a bit and went into the parts that were open to the public =D
I thinks it is a really nice castle and it feels special somehow. Really weird to describe and maybe I just watched to much Merlin and read to much Harry Potter XD
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| view from the castle walls |
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| the view when leaving the castle |
After leaving the castle we just walked around the city and got distracte by some funny shaped mirrors XD
The boys were fascinated by the mirrors that shortened and elongated their legs XD
While walking around we were surprised by the most interesting weather... A short but intense hail storm with the sun still shinging and a rainbow at the end of the street O.o All of it lasted only 10 minutes or so ... Scotland is weird XD
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| if you look closely you can see the rainbow =3 |
After walking around the Greyfriars cementry (I have no idea how we ended up there O.o) we stopped in the Greyfriars Bobby Pub right next to it and got something to eat =D
Hanna and I got some Haggis for a starter... we were really worried but what we got didn't really look like Haggis and tasted great XD Oh and Hanna had her fist Guiness =D
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| The Haggis |
In the end we ended up on the other side of the bridge and right in a gang fight or something O.o Well... there wer 20 or something teenagers running around waving sticks and threatening the other teenager.... I didn't know whether to be afraid or just amused as they looked quite comically XD
We then walked back over the bridge and Hanna and I split off from the others to join The Potter Trail.
It. Was. Fantastic! I loved every minute of it =3
It started of with our guide giving each of us a wand so we could hex the street lights to work in our favour ( though he admitted the the hex might take up to 2 minutes to work XD)
We then walked into the Greyfriars cementry and he showed us the grave of William McGonagall the worlds worst poet and maybe the start of Professor McGonagall ;-D
We then saw the school that might be the starting point for Hogwarts. Why? Well it looks pretty similar, also has a house system with four houses and these have nearly the exact same colour as the Hogwarts houses.... Pretty big clue, don't you think?
After visiting Voldemorts grave (well at least Tom Riddles) and many other places (Diagon Alleys model, the cafe Rowling wrote the first book in, and others) we came back to our starting point and heard a funny story about the possible real life snape who tried to bewitch a girl to love him... I won't tell you how it ended as that is the interesting part ;-D
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| my beautiful wand =3 |
Hanna was the one driving for the night and I was on stand by if she had to take a break. She was driving really well but there was one scene which was really funny XD We were just driving through a small alley in Edinburgh when this cab came around the corner. Hannas schock reaction was to try to evade the cab by moving to right side, which is the wrong lane here. The cab driver had to be so afraid XD He looked shocked enough that someone would get onto his lane XD But Hanna reacted great and got right back into the right lane and nothing more happened =)
We then drove to Pitlochry to get to our hostel for the night. We found it, checked in (the owner was a German!) and wnet ot our room. Lucky us got a 8 person room with just us 5 in it =)
We then planned our next day (to go to the Dog Falls and the Lochs there) and got ready for bed.
Hanna then put on the three question marks XD ("Die Drei Fragezeichen", for the germans) and I fell asleep after 5 seconds or so XD Actually it were 5 minutes but no more. From stories I know that the others listened to at least 2 more storys of the "Drei Fragezeichen" and some even watche a movie..
Well, I was out like a light and the second day of our trip will be told in the second part of my report =)
Love
Thym
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