Last full day in Scotland. I woke up early and checked out of the BlueSky Hostel. I don't have the highest opinion of this place but it was clean and reasonably quiet. Train left Glasgow Central station for Waverly Station in Edinburgh at 6AM. Train system in the UK is very efficient and a lot of people use train to get around. Exiting the station at 7AM I wandered around the Royal Mile until I found my hostel the Royal Mile Backpacker. It's a small hostel but had good reviews on Hostelbooker. I couldn't check in until 2PM so I went and grab breakfast. This proved more difficult than I thought because most places were not serving breakfast until around 9AM. I finally found this small café where I bought a Bacon bap, which is essentially ... read more

I have arrived in Manchester which is now the farthest north I have ever been in the United Kingdom. I spoke briefly with the border person who asked why I was in England. I explained that I was there to see my favorite band The Primitives. I was a bit disappointed to hear another person tell me they had never heard of The Primitives, Oh Well. I was not sure how to get into the city center or Old Trafford stadium but after wandering around a bit I found the train station where a nice railway employee advised me how to take a train to Manchester Picadilly station and from there a tram to Old Trafford. In case you are not aware Old Trafford Stadium is the playing grounds of the Manchester United football team. Tram ... read more

Ok last day in Halifax and I spent a hour or so looking for a breakfast spot. Some cafés in Halifax don't open on Sunday and a few others don't open until 9AM. I finally found one that was also a convenience store. It was decent and the coffee was better than I expected. I got back to the hostel and took a shower and packed up. The hostel allows people to store their luggage on the day they are leaving so I didn't have to drag mine around the city. First stop of the day was a free walking tour. I can afford the paid tours but I prefer the free ones because it is more interactive with your guide and the guides usually have more interesting stories. The tour started at the Citadel which ... read more

Woke up at 4AM for my flight to Halifax. My Air Canada flight left at 6:30AM and it was the 2nd earliest flight I have ever taken behind a 5AM Berlin flight. Since it was so early I didn't want to ask someone to drive me so I would be using Park N Fly near the airport. Drove to the Park N Fly location but I should have checked closer because I pulled into the Valet parking lot. It was too late to leave so I just went with in and it wasn't that expensive. I didn't have any checked baggage and had done online check in the night before so I just went straight to security and my gate. Flight was uneventful and was just 2 hours. I did enjoy using the inflight entertainment system ... read more

Woke up in the morning and saw all the guys made it back from Amsterdamage. It had been a long time since I was high and combined with the alcohol from last night I expected a bad hangover but I only had smoke floating in my head and no headache. Learned that morning everyone got back OK but we had some bad reactions to the drugs from last night. Still had the 1/4 of the space cake in my pocket so reminded myself to eat it or get rid of it before I got back to London. Got a ride into the city to Mike's Bikes where we would get a bike tour. The Dutch are crazy for bike riding and you can see by the huge bike garages and the number of riders. Our group ... read more