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February 15th 2008

Published: February 21st 2008

Hiya Well we’re here. We made it. We are now in the UK. The last week in Vancouver was mainly spent moving furniture, cleaning the apartment (thankfully there wasn’t a lot to clean as the apartment was so small), catching up with and saying goodbye to friends and some last minute souvenir shopping. At the beginning of that last week Vancouver had its heaviest dump of snow so far this w... Read Full Entry

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Fetch

Giving Cleo some exercise at the local park

And she's off

Thirsty work

Emma gets here hair done

Typical Edinburgh Street

Emma and Amy walking towards town.

Room with a view

Emma in the Starbucks over looking the Princes St gardens and Edinburgh Castle.

Princes St

The main drag in Edinburgh.

The Royal Mile

Looking up the Royal Mile in the Old Town towards the castle.

The Royal Mile

Looking down the Royal Mile towards Holyrood Palace.

Parliament

The new Scottish Parliament building. Considered by many Scots as a national disgrace.

Parliament

Isn't it ugly. Its almost worse than the Beehive. Why would you build such an ugly building in a city with so many beautiful old buildings.

Holyrood Palace

Holyrool Palace - The Queen's Scottish residence. We were to cheap to go inside the gates.

Holyrood Palace

Mary Queen of Scots bathhouse in the Palace gardens.

Misty Firth of Forth

Looking bacj towards Edinburgh from out at the lighthouse.

Emma posting stuff

Walter Scott Memorial

Emma standing infront of the Walter Scott Memorial which we climbed up.

View from the top

Looking towards Calton Hill and the North Sea.

View from the top

Looking towards the Old Town and the Royal Mile with the Salisbury Crags and Arthurs Seat in the background.

View from the top

Looking over the New Town towards the Firth of Forth.

Walter Scott Memorial

Emma walking back down. It was very steep and extremely cramped.

21st February 2008

Jesse
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good work kids
Hi Gareth and Emma, We miss having you guys around in Vancouver. Looks like you are having an absolute ball over in London. The weather has fined up here just nice and is sitting at sunny and warm 8 degrees. Heading to the snow this weekend for some more boarding and a few beers. Good luck with the job hunt Gareth and congrats Emma on your job, maybe gareth can be a kept man again over in London..... Enjoy yourselves guys and look forward to catching up soon. Have a few Speights for me mate! Cheers, Jesse

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