We were sad to leave England today, and should have scheduled more time here. Nonetheless, we headed north to Scotland. The views of the ocean along the way were stunning, and at some points we were just a few meters from the beach! We think we spotted the Holy Isle, but we're not certain. Our first stop in Edinburgh was the tourist information center, where we booked a small guesthouse 15 minutes walk from the station (Scots must walk a heck of a lot faster than us...). We arrived and were immediatly dissapointed. This disappointment with non-internet-researched lodging, combined with our trouble with trains, has caused us to just plain accept the fact that we aren't the type of people who can travel entirely without a plan. Although there was nothing technically wrong with the guesthouse, we knew that, for the price, lodgings with much more to offer were available. Now that we have accepted this fact, we believe that the rest of our trip will go much more smoothly.
We ate dinner at a fabulous pub called “The Worlds End” and enjoyed a Scottish meat pie and a salad for dinner. On our way back, we booked a super fun tour for tomorrow, and explored Edinburgh's main street, the Royal Mile. Sean headed to Burger King to squeeze just enough connectivity out of the barely-working free wifi to book a better place through Expedia, then we spent the night at the dissapointing guesthouse.
Bonus points for commenting on this picture (we didn't take any pictures from the train, so this is what you get today!).
3 comments:
But both his hands are visible!!!
Quite the clever observation :)
I wondered what happened to that statue I once posed for...
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