Edinburgh and Belfast. Again
This here is the lovely city of Edinburgh. I went here with Clifton, a friend from San Francisco who is actually British and was here visiting some family. We arrived on Wednesday and although we only spent one night here I think it was enough. Edinburgh is a lovely lovely city. And very small. Not a whole lot to do. We went up to the castle and poked around, looking at the crown jewels while we were there. Also went to St Giles Cathedral that had a crazy lady inside who I am pretty sure worked there but you can never be certain. On Thursday we went to the The Real Mary Kings Close which is the old city literally underneathe the current city. It was easier for the town to build on the old buildings than tear them down so you can walk underneathe ground level and see the old streets and apartments people used to live in. It was pretty crazy. This is also where there are lots and lots of ghosts, although I didn't see any. We also walked around Prince Street, climbed to the top of a spiky monument in the center of town which was quite high (and snowing!) and then went saw the Nelson Monument and the Sir Walter Scott Monument, both of which are on top of a hill on the opposite side of the city. It is here where I took this picture, one of my favorites ever I think...
Thursday night off to Belfast to see Stinky. We had him take us to Giants Causeway which is where a volcano erupted and spewed lava into the sea. What is left is hexegonal formations on the coast and beautiful scenery. I really enjoyed going there and it even stopped raining long enough for us to walk about and take in the sites.
Came home on Saturday and now I am just waiting for school to end so I can go back to Ireland and then France! Stinky and I will go to Dublin while I am there and then when I get back I am off to Paris for a few days. Have I mentioned yet that I love living here???