So I went to Scotland the weekend of February 21st through the 23rd, so I may be a bit behind on this whole blogging as I go. However, to be fair, this semester is starting to fly by. Every time I wake up I feel like a week has flown by and really it has. It's crazy. We travel, get back into the school week, then we travel again, and then we get back to school, then we travel. It's a crazy whirlwind. I can't believe it.
When I went to Scotland, I traveled by train by myself from Grantham to Edinburgh. Then because I like going to cities without a map, I got extremely lost and turned around. I was on the complete opposite side of town from my hostel. Eventually I found my hostel and had to wait about an hour for the school trip to get to check-in. I was going to switch rooms with someone traveling in the school group. It all worked out so that I only had to pay for one night in the hostel and got to stay there two nights. As a bonus it was in a room with people from Harlaxton that I didn't know so that I got meet people but not stay with weird men in wrestling singlets.... (There were like 60 of them in pink singlets in the hostel WEIRD) Eventually I went off to get dinner at Pizza Express because I knew I could eat there. Then I was able to get Wifi and find friends to travel around with. We then started exploring a little bit to find places and see Edinburgh. The next morning we woke up, ate breakfast and then went to explore for a while. We attempted to find a place I could eat after going to the National Gallery. That didn't go so well. For some unknown reason the only places that served Gluten Free food were Italian restaurants. I am starting to like Italian food more and more because they tell you what you can eat. It's AWESOME. So after we went shopping on Princes St and the surrounding areas, we headed back to the hostel to get Wifi, recharge, and find a place for dinner. We found a pub near this light installation piece I wanted to see that had Gluten Free food. After dinner we went to the square where the light installation was. It was so amazing. The most peaceful serene spot I have ever been at around 9 o'clock at night on a Saturday. It was gorgeous. I loved the simplicity of it, yet the huge impact it made on the city.
The next day I got to explore Edinburgh all by myself. Since I had already seen the Royal Mile, the Castle, the museums, gone shopping, walked around A BUNCH, I had to pick between climbing a mountain and just enjoying the warmth of local cafes as it rained. So I chose to enjoy the cafes. I sketched, drank tea, people watched, and when I got bored, I relocated to a different area of town. It was fun. Then I caught my train at 7pm. I was tired and hungry when I go to Grantham around 11pm and was ready to just get to the manor. Well lucky me there were no cabs and I had no spare pence. Luckily I scrounged some money to call a taxi - it would be a 40 minute wait. I decided to give it a few more minutes then I would walk the hour and half back to the manor. Thankfully, a cab pulled up as I made up my mind. I hopped in and was ready to just fall into bed. I then passed out as soon as my head hit the pillow and woke up to face the week.
This whole weekend to see a country or area is really hard and exhausting, but it's totally worth it. Now to post about this past weekend....
Bise Bise
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