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 |
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