EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. This past weekend I went on a group tour to Scotland. I don't know how else to describe Scotland except that it really is as beautiful as people imagine.The ride there and back was super tiring. I went on a group tour and the bus picked us up at 9:30 PM... we got there at 9:00 AM the next day. In that time, I could've been back in Irvine by plane...
After arriving at Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, this elderly Scottish lady took us on a tour around the city.
The first thing she did was she take us up on this hill where you get a 360 degree view of the entire city. This was super sad for me because I took a bunch of pictures there but right when we were about to leave, I accidentally erased all of them!!So I quickly took two pictures before we left...
The monument in the back with the pillars is supposed to be a copy of the Greek Parthenon but the city ran out of money before they could finish it. I climbed up there and took pictures but they are all gone now... =(
That lady was our tour guide... she's so cute!
Yeah, I didn't write anything under all those pictures above because I already forgot what everything was...Anyways, after the tour we had a couple hours of free time in the city.
Going towards the National Art Gallery...
Here it is!
This was one of the rooms inside... I wasn't supposed to take pictures in here..
Then we went to buy souvenirs.
Fang had no clue she was wearing this hat backwards... hahaha.. she would do something like that.
She finally figured it out later!We got quick lunches and other snacks at Sainsbury's and ate it here at the park.
...then we got back on the bus and rode two hours to Glasgow University, which is where we stayed for the two nights we were in Scotland.All I really know about Glasgow is that it's the largest city in Scotland.
This was my room... I guess it doesn't look like much, but I was so happy and excited when I saw it. It's hard to get your own room when you're traveling in Europe unless you're rich... usually you end up staying in hostels.Everything was nice here except the bed was pretty gross. There were period stains on the sheet and the pillows and comforters smelled like B.O. and pee... I ended up sleeping on top of the comforters with my hood on.
After settling in and taking a quick nap, we went to the city for dinner.
We took a cab there, which is cheaper than taking the bus if you split the fare. This taxi fit six people!
Here is Glasgow...
They had a bunch of these statues in the center of the city, and all of them had a bunch of bird poo on their heads. I don't understand why they don't clean them!
For dinner, we ate at this cute bar & restaurant.
The group, minus Erly and Eseul.
It took over an hour for our food to arrive!! Dang, service is not very good there. So by the time we finally ate it was about 9:30 PM...
Fish & chips... they wrapped it in newspaper.. cute huh?
The girl sitting next to me ordered a sticky toffee pudding for dessert because she said it's famous in Scotland or something... so Fang and I shared one too. It was so good!!
One of our tour guides told us that Scottish people love eating sweets... dang.. I think I'm meant to be Scottish..
The place we ate at. By the time we finally got out, it was already around 10:30 I think...
The city is so pretty at night!
Here is a video of the central area of Glasgow, called George Square.
Back at our dorms... we were so excited when we realized this...
Fang lives in the "F" hall... F for Fang!
Eseul, Erly and I live in the "E" hall.Funny, huh?
Or maybe we're just easily amused..
