England Trip Log: Scotland

Wow, Scotland was amazing, I wished we could have spent a few more days there. We got to Edinburgh in the afternoon to a rainy and cold Maelstrom that claimed many an umbrella in our group, made me glad I had my Lands End rain jacket, thanks Mom and Dad! The guys and the girls got seperated after we checked into the Royal British Hotel, so Bivens, James, and myself wandered around the city, found dinner at a great Italian place that gave student discounts then just crashed in the hotel until the morning. We all had breakfast in the Castle Room before we headed to Edinburgh Castle for our tour. It was basically a self guided tour, but that was ok, it gave James and myself some tome to make some funny videos in the exhibits about Prisoners of War. We got out of there with the group and shopped High Street for all things Scottish and got away with minimal purchases. Rachel was looking for a new scarf, but couldent find one that wasn't really expensive. She also wanted a stuffed Highland Cow, she was gonna name him Harry, but she struck out there too, bummer Rache. We made our way down the street to an adjacent hill where Bivens and I promptly became famous for rolling down, him intentionally, me, not so much. After that we scheduled a Ghost Tour for the Mary Kings Close tour, the one Stroop recommended. the tour itself was freaky, not so much OMG WTF was that scary, more like, the nervousness of the group made everyone unseasy. James jumped the most when a stick hit the ground in the ghost room, worse than Rachel, I was proud of her for that, maybe she's on her way to not being such a scardy cat. We had dinner at the same Italian restaurant with the group again and once again enjoyed it very much. After dinner we pretty much passed out from walking around all day. We caught the bus to Grantham the next morning with a stop at Hadrians Wall on the way, very cool Roman architecture. This is our last week in the Manor, so I'll have to try to find the other things that I haven't found yet before I leave this place forever. Until next time