Edinburgh!!

Fri, March 27- Edinburgh
Today has been crazy and amazing at the same time. I woke up at 4:25 this morning, in order to get on a train at 5, to head to Bremen, to catch a flight to Edinburgh. Needless to say, Sean did not get enough sleep. At all. Karen and I made the train, and attempted to sleep all the way to Bremen, with little success, at least, on my part. We got to Bremen, got on our ryanair flight, and took off. When we got to Edinburgh airport, there wasn’t much around. The airport is kinda in the middle of nowhere, so we took a bus into downtown. On the way, we passed out Hostel, which is right downtown, perfect! We got into the central area of Edinburgh, found the tourist office, and got some maps of the city, as well as some info packets on what’s going on. We went to the hostel, checked in, and put our rather heavy bags into our lockers, before heading back out to explore. We had a nice lunch at a place called “Standing Order,” which is a giant bar, and has great, cheap food. We then decided to climb “Arthur’s Seat” which is one of the hills right near downtown. We hiked along the ridgeline, took some amazing pictures of the scenery and ourselves, and then decided we might as well go for the summit. As we approached it, it started raining sideways. The wind had been blowing pretty hard most of the way up, but towards the very top, it was really intense, basically, I could lean into the wind, and it would keep me upright. (pictures as proof will be posted soon). We got to the top, took pics, and then headed back down. On the way down, it started to rain a bit more heavily, but nothing serious. We walked back into the city, through the Prince Gardens, which were gorgeous and green. I’m planning on going back there tomorrow after our official tour to take pictures of the flowers for Meagan. I also found her the perfect house, and took pics of that as well… At the hostel, we met a few other kids, got talking to them, and ended up going to the bar downstairs with them for happy hour. Two of them are from Dublin, one is from New Zealand somewhere. They were all pretty fun, and I had a fun time hanging out with them. Karen and I then headed out to grab some dinner: authentic fish & chips, of course… No deep-fried mars bar this time, but I will get there. The grease overload was too much as it was. Had a fun reaction to said dinner, and the roof of my mouth then peeled off. Yummy! Edinburgh is beautiful and fun, so far, and I can’t wait to explore more of it officially tomorrow!