Scotland-

Rainy days are some of the best days!-Courtesy of Kassidy McConville

            After 11 hours of traveling we finally arrived in Edinburgh Scotland. During the first flight I was able to have three seats to myself, feet up, barefoot, and typed away miles high above the clouds. When we arrived it was rainy and dreary out, but we did not let that get our mood down!

Optical Illusion Museum

            We asked the information desk what bus to take to get us closest to our hostel and soon we were off. Sitting at the top of a double decker bus with all our luggage we got to see a lot of what the city had to offer. Turns out we did take the bus that gets us closest to where we wanted to be, only we didn’t know that it was an hour an a half ride to get there. The city reminded me a lot of London and everything there was so green.

            After settling in our hostel we headed straight out to catch our ghost bus tour. I didn’t know what to expect with the tour, but the tour guide was so funny that there wasn’t a part that was too scary. The city is full of ghost stories and I loved that we not only heard the stories, but also got to see the actual places where these strange occurrences are said to have happened.

Dynamic Earth Museum-Courtesy of Kassidy McConville

            The next day we had a tour to see the highlands and this I really enjoyed. We made many stops along the way that allowed us to see many beautiful lochs and even stand inside of what use to be a super volcano. That was probably my favorite part about the day because standing inside I could turn in a circle and see the rim of what was left of the super volcano. After, we ended at Fort Augustus where we went on a boat tour to try to spy the Loch Ness monster. Needless to say, better luck next time! It was still a great time out on the water and we got to have lunch on the upper deck. After dinner, we decided to go to a movie and it ended up being really fun because we had the huge theater to ourselves!

Inside of what use to be a super volcano-Courtesy of Kassidy McConville

Can you spy the Loch Ness Monster?

            On our last day we spent our time mostly visiting museums. The first one was an optical illusion museum and it was so much fun! Very busy with people of all ages, but we enjoyed bringing out our inner child as we made our way through this 5 story building. After, we had lunch and shopped around by the castle until we had made our way to another museum. This one was an interactive earth museum that took you back in time, in a time machine, to experience all of the different biomes. Both of them were a lot of fun and well worth the money that we spent on them. Also, we didn’t have our international student id’s, but at both places we used our UNK id’s!

            Soon Kass and me were back at the airport only this time we had to say goodbye to each other. With one big hug we took off in different directions for different countries for the next 10 days!

Next stop, Greece!-Courtesy of Kassidy McConville