Tuesday 18th January
Seeing as though Jan and I had finished all our assessment by Tuesday 18th we decided to go to Edinburgh for a few days because our trip earlier in the semester was cancelled due to bad weather. It was fantastic. We arrived early in the morning and headed out to find some breakfast. Ever the haggis lover I chowed down as much as I could to warm me up for the day ahead!
We wandered around the old town for a brief while, checking out the castle and some of the other sights on the Royal Mile. Later on we joined a free walking tour which took us around some of the more significant sights of the city and gave us a little bit more history to the place. That evening we walked to Calton Hill, a particularly dodgy area at night, to check out the various monuments and statutes built overlooking the Old Town and the New Town in Edinburgh. We got out of their quickly and ended up at the Conan Doyle Pub, named after the author of Sherlock Holmes who spent quite a bit of time there. We enjoyed a wee dram (aka hot chocolate) at another traditional pub in the Old Town before turning in for the night.
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| The Royal Mile |
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| Outside the Castle |
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| The Scottish Monument |
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| The Heart of Midlothian If you walk through this heart you will never find your true love. Most locals spit on it as they walk past. |
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| The inspiration for Harry Potter...a private school in Edinburgh |
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| Sun setting behind the castle |
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| National Monument on Calton Hill |
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| Looking over the Old Town and Castle from Calton Hill |
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