Blogs from Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 122

Well it’s almost been a month now that I’ve been away and it really doesn’t seem that long but the amount of things that I have seen and done is just amazing!! Let’s see where did I leave off? May 7th Started off the day leaving Liverpool for 3 nights in Manchester. Started raining pretty bad so that gave me time to get everything settled. Its funny how you meet all these amazing people in the hostels and you will probably never meet them ever again. I have been meeting people from all over and with so many people it’s hard to remember all their names. The "Fat" chick (inside joke) from Singapore, the hot nurse from Vancouver, the Indian girl from Pennsylvania, the 2 Auzzie Civil Engineers, the 2 annoying Irish guys, the 2 that ... read more

Hey everyone I'm in Edinburgh just had a really long day so I'll just quickly tell you what I've been up to well today we went to Edinburgh Castle ... people here aren't as friendly as in Ireland but its a beautiiful city...we climbed to Arthur Seat today this huge hill ...the highest point in Edinburgh City its amazingly beautiful! We also went to Edinburgh Castle and was Knight Jocelyne Dame of Scotland pretty fun...I'm having a blast....tomorrow is our last day here and then were off to Amsterdam....I'm so tierd so I'm off to bed ...love you all. and good night! ... read more

The Beltane, A festival celebrating the beginning of the sumemr season, and the upcomming harvest. The fire Festival is an old Pegan ceremony that has been preformed in the United Kingdon for thousands of years. Allthough now it has become more modern as time goes by, the down-to-earth vibe still flows throught the spring breeze. The preformance of the beltane goes as follows: So there is the Queen of the Beltane, who represents the sun, the giver of life, and there is the King who represents the growth of the Earth. Every Beltane (April 30th) the king , who is dressed as a large shrub, its torn apart and killed, and a new king is born and starts to grow. The Queen and the Old King lead a parade starting at the old Roman pillars and ... read more

Ok ok!! Hello hello!!!!!!! Ok so I'm not in Scotland but I will be tommorrow...we are catching the National Express up in about 4 hours....1.10am....yeah!!! Then heading down to London on friday for the weekend....I'm quite excited about our trip to London.... Have had another friend from NZ join us.....'Rangi'.........So we had decided to call ourselves the RAT PACK cause Rangi, Alison & Tina..... Anyways we are considering a permanent move up to Edinburgh, but we are gonna suss the situation out while we are up there.... So not much to report.... The homeless night at the airport was GREAT!!!!!!!!!! Ali woke me up at 1.30am in the morning chucking things at me.....I was about to yell, when I realised she had a very good reason for chucking things...There was a policeman handing out fines to ... read more

I'm going to have a Did you know? moment. No matter where you are in Scotland you’re always 200 or so km from the sea. Built on seven hills including a volcano, Edinburgh is gorgeous. Even though I woke up feeling the worse ever so far on this trip, I managed to get myself to the Castle. It was expensive to get in (C$20) but was just well enough to walk around and enjoy the view of the highlands, which are a must see. I climbed up Arthur’s seat (a mound) and really soaked in the view while clearing my sinuses thanks to Sudafed. First rookie mistake I made while traveling is getting sick my first few nights. Second blunder was waiting so long to get medicated. Anyways, that night I went on the Mercat Ghost ... read more