West End Hostel Edinburgh

Before I left, Edinburgh was preparing for Christmas complete with tons of shoppers on Prince's St., carnival rides, and ice rink in Prince's St. Gardens, and a Christmas market. My flatmates and I went out to dinner and exchanged gifts for our secret santa before people started to leave. I was one of the last ones left in the flat in the end, so I got to deal with everyone leaving. Sad times...All ...

Travelled from Fife over to West of Scotland and Hamilton, just south of Glasgow.
Watched the game which Hamilton won 2-1 and really enjoyed the atmosphere. On the radio on the way home though learned that there had been fighting in the players tunnel after the game and the Police had been involved. Boys will be boys!!
Sat with the Hearts fans ... not happy! Team were poor and they can see their club is in decline!

... but one side has nothing - it's just bare and exposing a monstrous building left from the time when the area mined coal from under the sea. I ask a guy sat next to me what the building is used for now and he tells me that it's going to be dismantled but requires a lot of money and asbestos specialists to take it down. The coastline will look ...

... em back! Now that's what I call a family!" Try thinking of this in a Scottish accent.

A small glass of Glenmorangie and then off for dinner. Haggis, neeps (Turnips mashed) and Tatties (Spuds mashed). Very nice and very filling.

Home to meet the family. A great welcome, some more Scottich accents and off to the Motherwell version of an RSL for a sing along. Some ...

... 8217;s tent on the first night of a festival is heinous. We discussed why someone would ever do such a cock of a thing but got an answer a few minutes later. It was the Lass who yelled this time. “He stole my bag, it was wherer he cut, he’s grabbed it”. From the yelling we gathered that a ‘drunk’ person had ‘mistaken’ their tent for his and put his head through the entry. He must have seen the bag, then come through a ...

... had wiped most of the inhabitants out. I only got scared and practically jumped into Jodi's lap once:)
After that, we decided to play Jodi's pub game. Namely, that we stop in every pub we see on our walk home. I decided to stick to whisky.
1st pub: Brodie's pub. I had a whisky that was way too much for me.
2nd pub: Royal MacGregor. More Whisky, but nothing to write home about yet.
3rd pub: Tron. Aweome name I know! I had Glenfiddich that I ...

... the real cause of the disease: the lice. Travelling further down The Golden Mile, we reached the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's residence when she is in the area. Andrea did the royal tour, while Craig took the opportunity to have a rest. Again, the lack of security around the building seemed surprising, but the Queen was not in, which may have been the reason. However the whole site was readily accessible to tourists, and many took that opportunity.

This morning it was gorgeous outside - clear blue sky - but if the twitching branches were any indication we knew the wind had never stopped so we bundled up and headed to the castle. Figuring it would rain that day we wanted to get any outside touring done soon. We purchased our admissions and the audio guide tour and went our separate ways to enjoy leisurely strolls around the grounds. The views from the top were beautiful but I couldnīt help notice ...

I'm done with school! Yay! Well, I didn't do very well on my ethnology exam, so I might not be done because I might have to resit that. But since there's a strike going on, I won't know, and I won't know when I'll know, whether or not I passed. See, I have to pass the exam to pass the class, even though my marks are high enough (presumably, since my last essay also hasn't been marked) to pass the class even if I were to fail the exam. So, that's still kinda up ...

... in one of the old ruins and had our lunch consisting of cheese triangles, cold meat and rolls. Due to the tempreture, we didn't stay long before heading back, typifying this defeatist activity. It took us about 3.5 hours to get back to the bottom. I've probably got the figures wrong, but the total trip, start to finish took us a total of 8 hours. We were quite proud of ourselves, until we found out from the local who gave us a lift back to town that the record is 1:10mins up ...