Ibis Edinburgh Centre

After eating half our bag of candy and feeling like my teeth were going to rot out of my mouth, we finally arrived in Edinburgh at about 4:30pm. We located our hotel fairly easily as it was marked on my super handy and fun Edinburgh popout map, which I also bought in Moffat. When everyone saw my popout map, a few of them went and bought their own. That's how cool it is. We checked into the Ibis while Lori and Ashley dumped their bags in our room and went to find a hostel. Chris and Sarah went...

Today the group sans Andria and Lee went on a coach tour to Stirling and Loch Lomond with Scottish Tours. It was ok but would have been a lot better without all the rain and mist. So far our luck with weather in Scotland had been amazing but today was an exception. Our first stop on the tour was in Queensferry to see the River Forth bridges. The sky was fairly clear at that time so we had a good view and took a few photos. From there we went to Stirling. The mist in Stirling was so thick that...

We did another coach tour today but this one was great. First of all, I had reserved the coach just for our group of 13 (Andria and Lee go home today, and Chris and Sarah were doing their own thing, but everyone else was in), so it was going to be fun no matter what. But, as an added bonus, we had the best tour guide ever, named Peter. Peter knew everything there was to know about Scotland and told us all sorts of stuff as we drove along in the bus. We would ask him these completely random qu...

This morning we decided to go see the Edinburgh Dungeons. We got there about 15 minutes before opening so we decided to walk a little further down the North Bridge and check out the Scott Monument. We decided not to climb the Scott Monument since it was raining at the time and we wanted to be inside the dungeons. So we headed back to the dungeons and joined a tour. As soon as you enter, they take a group photo. Our is awesome. Ally, Ashley, and myself had our heads in the gallows. Carl and Co...

Since everyone was hungover this morning, very few were actually in the lobby when Cody and I got up. We decided to go to the castle, which is what everyone else who wasn't shopping yesterday was doing. Ally was still in bed so we asked Erik if he wanted to come with us. Erik, Ally, and I had all seen the castle four years ago when we were in Edinburgh, but they have added a lot of exhibits and it was even better than last time. I was hesitant to pay the steep entrance fee but it turned out t...