Hogmanay

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On saturday the 30th I travelled to Edinburgh for the famous Hogmanay (Scottish new years.)
Edinburgh is an absolutely gorgeous and it was 'heaving' (scottish term I have learnt with tourists for the hogmanay festival and mostly Australians, I heard Aussie accents everywhere! In my hostel room there were four other Australians.

The city is beautiful and not what I expected, the castle is on an enormous rocky hill right in the centre of the city. all along Prencess Street gardens there was a Christmas Market and fair rides, One of the rides was swinging so close to a building that I was sure there was going to be disaster.

Saturday night was the night afore international, starting in the park all the revelers marched behind a pipe band to george square where there were brilliant street performers. Had lots of fun and laughs with my two uni friends sarah and Susanne. There were these three guys in tuxedos on huge long stilts doing brilliant tricks, thought they were going to kill someone in the audience. They stole my hat and everyone's hats and scarfs.

On Sunday I went on a tour of the city and then joined my Aussie friends from work in a warm and cosy pub the weather was atrocious. We toasted every Australian city's new year al through the afternoon.

The weather was bad and the forecast said it was going to get much worse and although most other cities had cancelled their celebrations Edinburgh kept saying it was going ahead. So we stayed in the pub waitig till the street party was going to start. About an hour before it was due to start the dj announced iot was cancelled! Shattered!!! All the money spent on accomodation and travel for something that was cancelled!! Ending up dancing in the pub with lots of Australians and had fun but wasn't quite what I expected.

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Photos

Edinburgh
city view

hogmanay
Edinburgh castle

Hogmanay party
Sarah and I

Hogmanay party
night view

Hogmanay party
My cousin Martin and I at Edinburgh castle

Hogmanay party
in a guards box

Comments

[aunty joyce]

Sorry to hear that the celebrations in the strets were cancelled. We heard on the television that lots of firework displays were. Anyway you look as if you had a good time depsite that

[yanniplatt]

Thanks AUnt Joyce yeah had a nive time but not quite what I expected. oh well I will have to come back!! Luv Ya