Whirlwind Trip of Great Britain - Part 2 - Scotland

Edinburgh. When we checked into the hostel in Edinburgh it was around dinner time. We were told of a great place to eat that was very inexpensive as they had a special traveller's menu. We found the pub, called 'The Castle Arms' and it was really good, and cheap! £1.95 for a burger and fries. Very nice indeed! (So nice that we ate there twice the next day too!)

Tuesday morning we woke up in Edinburgh and went site seeing. We went into the Edinburgh Dungeon, a spooky tour of Edinburgh's underground. It was pretty cool, and Troë got a witch's broom from the gift shop as a souvenir (She also thought it might come in handy for 'The Wizard of Oz') Unfortunately, the broom is fairly large, and was the bain of the car travelling for the rest of the trip, or so everyone else would tell you.

John and Pete headed up for an inside tour of (6.) Edinburgh Castle, we were happy just to take pictures from the outside. Personnally, I find the outside of castles much more interesting, so I've found. If the inside of the castle is still intact, it is usually decorated with a more Victorian style than a Medieval style.

Outside the castle we ran into a street performer who was in the movie "Braveheart". He let us take a picture with him in exchange for a donation to a cancer charity.

For lunch we again visited the pub, and believe it or not, Troë ran into someone from Canada! It was a teacher whom she took her PDP course with, and was now teaching in London while her husband goes to school. They were is Scotland for the half term break, same as us - weird... Troë, Pete and John all had burgers again, but this time Adam decided to try Haggis. It was quite tasty, and in the end everyone tried a bit - even John.

After lunch we found a free museum, which held paintings by Monet, Rembrandt, and their most expensive piece worth about £800,000,000!!! - a piece by Titan. The rest of the afternoon was spent souvenir shopping (perhaps a few Christmas presents were bought as well...) and finding out the locations of local comic book shops.

Edinburgh was definitelty our favorite city so far!