Hey!
So I’ve been out and about all day around Edinburgh. Taking a 6+ hour long walk around the city (with a short bus ride and a small interlude at a park to read). It was enjoyable.
The pictures linked below show where I went, I’ll fill in some more specific details later maybe.
It started out around 10:30am as I woke (realizing free breakfast ended 30 minutes prior) and quickly showered gearing for a long walk. I unpacked my back of all electronic inessentials packing in my hoodie which I thought I might need for the rain (which it didn’t until I got back) and a bottle of water. I had my phone, camera and some books. I left around 12pm after having a phone conversation with Annabel. Walked down the familiar root to East Preston intending on grabbing a bus and riding out around. I ended up walking over to High Street and following the Royal Mile all the way to Edinburgh Castle, which was a nice long walk through Old Town. Lots of people down there, even on a Monday afternoon, letting me take many great pictures. Once at Edinburgh castle I decided to follow it back and see the Hollyrood Abbey. There are several streets that compose the Royal Mile, High Street, Lawnmarket, Canongate and Abbey Strand. Lawnmarket is where most of the touristy things are. I found a bunch of weird off the wall landmarks that I noted in the pictures, I enjoyed finding these. Once I reached Hollyrood I read by the Museum and walked around Hollyrood park enjoying an ice cream. From there, I kinda got lost. I ended up wandering for an hour or so before I decided to finally get on the bus. The one bus line where i was at was route Lothian 35 so I handed over the 2 and half pounds and rode it to where I hoped things would begin to look familiar again. They didn’t really. Heh. See the pictures to how I ended up actually getting off the bus much closer to the university than I thought I was which made walking back easier. From there I’ve just relaxed, had dinner at the John McIntire center and have been chit chatting with my friends on IRC, the forums and Annabel over email/IM. It’s been a great day, tomorrow I’m going to do some more bussing and exploring.
