Blogs from Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 17

I ate breakfast with Francis this morning and then she left. I took my time because my train didn’t leave until 9:55. I didn’t see Alex at all this morning so I left without saying goodbye. I returned my key card and headed to the rail station. When I got there, I waited for my train to Edinburgh. Most of the seats on the train were reserved, so I had to sit with this girl. It took about 2 and a half hours to get from York to Edinburgh. Once I got there I tried to find my hostel. It wasn’t very far at all, but I had to go uphill with my suitcase. Since I arrived too early at the High Street Hostel, I left my luggage there and decided to catch a train to ... read more

It’s the end. And I am not ready. I’m currently on my second flight of the day, on my way back to Canada for the summer. It’s been a while, and I have some time to kill. So here is what I’ve been up to for the past four months. Wow. It’s really been a while. I’ve done and seen so much, it’s unbelievable. Highlights (some of which get their own posts): I saw Josh (face to face, not via internet), Saw Auntie Di and co, Mum came to visit with Ellie. It was awesome. I also did exams. Less awesome. I would like to focus, if I could, on a much more recent event. Namely the reason I am so fully unprepared to return. On the Monday before I was due to leave, ... read more

I'm in Scotland! Well, I have been for a few days already. But would you believe Wifi access has been spotty in the middle of the Scottish Highlands? Crazy. Anyway, we left Ballintoy and Northern Ireland behind and hopped a ferry to Scotland. We stayed in Glasgow for a few days. It's a big city, just like jacksonville but with much prettier buildings and better nightlife. Like most of the cities I've stayed in on this trip, business and industry is woven into the same beautiful architecture as the tiny street cafés and boutiques. It's a great mixed setting that I could one day see myself thriving in as an entrepreneur. I got a chance to tour the magnificent St. Mungo Cathedral and the Glasgow necropolis. The measures that have been taken to preserve these beautiful ... read more

We have wanted to visit to Scotland the whole time we have been in the UK, but winter is not the best time for it. We have very good friends that live in Scotland and we had been in hopes of getting up there to visit them, but they wisely advised us we should push it as late in the spring as possible. We were torn with what to do. Bob still had some dental appointments and we wanted to book our train tickets, they are much less expensive if you book them ahead. We had a choice — should we book for the free time we know for sure we had between dental appointments OR take a chance and book a train from the next place we were going to be, Chatham, without knowing for ... read more

I am currently sitting on a plane, desperately and painfully trying to pressurize my left ear. It makes a squeaking noise before painful remaining at the same painful pressure level. It’s aggravating, but hopefully not fatal. I’ll keep you updated. Yeah, it has done nothing. Several hours, one airport, a taxi ride, and an unfortunate reunion later, it still hurts. I’m deaf in one ear. Oh great. Three days. Limited change. I’m going to the doctor. I was prescribed some antibiotics and I’m on the mend now. That was hell. So this blog has been weeks in the making, and I have many decent stories to tell. I mean, not right now, because I have an essay due in two days and this is just procrastination, but you won’t really know. I have another essay due ... read more