Edinburgh

A street in Edinburgh where the buildings curve

If I said I loved Brugge before, well I loved Edinburgh even more. As far as cities go, it's my favorite so far. (As far as places, my favorite is now the Irish country side, but that's to come in the next post).

Getting to Edinburgh the short version. Due to a taxi booking error Rebecca and I missed our flight to Edinburgh, decided to take a flight to Stansteed/London, and from there found a night bus to Edinburgh. While on the night bus a 'massive lorrie' whipped off the side rear view mirror. The bus driver and his assistant attempted to fix it, but it fell off again. We were transferred to another bus which took us to Edinburgh. We arrived around 12 hrs later than planned, but all we really missed was sleeping at the hostel. We saw some of the countryside and didn't miss out on much time in Edinburgh.

Our Hostel

The Tartan Wool Factory 

The Writer's Museum

We went to the Tartan Wool Mill where we saw the Tartan being made. We also discovered the writer's museum. Rebecca and I ate lunch in the Elephant House, the café where JK Rowling began penning H.P. Looking through my pictures though, I seem to have failed to take one of the café.

Cliffs

Dead Volcano

 I had a lovely hike up to the cliffs, and walked along the top. Than I hiked to the top of the dead volcano. The view was gorgeous, but my camera was not the best at dim lighting photos.

A better picture of what I climbed/hiked

The view, of Edinburgh and the glowing Castle