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Scotland
This weekend, all of the ND Trinity people and a few from UCD went to Scotland. I flew out from Dublin on Friday afternoon with Nicolas and met everyone in Edinburgh. And wow, what a cool place! I hadn't seen any pictures or read anything about Edinburgh before, so when we got in to the city I was blown away by how beautiful it was, especially with the castle elevated above everything else in the city. The first night, a few of us went on ...
Been to London to visit the Queen.
... back from the rivers edge by the time Queen's Royal Barge, Gloriana, came past every one lurched forward and we managed to gain 2 metres. Just watch out for the golf umbrellas.
We watched the majority of the flotilla go past and decided to wander downriver to get photos of Tower Bridge being open. Didn't make it that far due to the rain.
A dinner of a Kiwiburger and L&P at a kiwi owned burger ...
The Georgian House, Britannia and The Deep Sea
... We learnt that this salamander breed when it is becoming an adult can "choose" to either have gills or lungs. Liam was brave. He happily touched some of the creatures this time, last time was at underwater world and then he wouldn't have a bar of it. He touched a star fish, a sea anenome, and a little type of shark. There was a "touch a reptile" session, Liam was interested until he found out the reptile was a snake, and then he made for the exit. ...
Austr(al)ia
Today we by far one of the coolest days so far. Firstly, I LOVE SCOTLAND. Julie and I got up this morning after Me not getting much sleep and we decided to take a walking tour. This one company offers free ones so we joined up with them and we also met our new Canadian friend, Andrew. He came on the tour with us and then we had lunch with a group of americans from our tour and we signed up for an organized pub crawl for ...
Another hike in the Highlands & Linlithgow Palac
... to the spookyness. I kept wondering if I was being followed. It was that kind of a spooky. Because it was so big and a lot was still enclosed and so it was like exploring an abandoned spooky castle/palace.
I loved this place and wanted to see every room and area, and I think I did. I spent a long time there. Proably really like 3 hours. Because then I walked around the outside too. It is massive and so tall. There were stable areas that were indoor rooms too, and 2 big ...