Scotland - Day 9 & 10

[kmusser]

So we didn't realize when planning this trip that the release of a certain book in a certain somebodies hometown might be a special day. As it was we get to see more than the usual number of wizards about. Sadly I don't think I got any pictures of any of them. Yes we bought the book, duh.

Anyway, in the morning we hike up Calton Hill which excellent views of the entire city as well as a handful of monuments. Then back down and do a little more shopping (managing to find the cities goth shops) and a quick peek in St. Giles Cathedral as we go to meet up with minnesattva and lostpositive who join us for the day. We have Mexican for lunch (which is decent, but any connection to Mexico is dubious). We walk up to the castle end of the Royal Mile and work our way down stopping in pubs and whiskey shops, the Wyrd Shop, and fudge shop. A brief stop at the flat to drop off loot and pick up much needed umbrellas.

Then a tour of Mary King's Close. The close is really neat, a narrow alleyway of a street which is still mostly intact underneath the foundation of the City Chambers building. I thought the location pretty amazing. The tour part wasn't as good as yesterdays ghost tour, but still interesting. It also runs a little long making minnesattva miss her train - is ok as that just means we get to keep her for the night *excellent* We must bid farewell to lostpositive though. Aftwerwards we have yummy thai food for dinner and then retire back to the flat for wine, cheese, fudge, and conversation. Also re-packing all our stuff to be prepared for the dash to the airport in the morning.

Our last day we must head out in the morning. We have a bit of panic as the first train back to Glasgow is about a hour later than we thought it was, still we manage to get back to Glasgow and taxi to the airport in plenty of time for our flight. Which proves uneventful thankfully. Even more thankfully the customs people don't care about our 7 liters of booze. Back to Phily, drive home, unpack, collapse. Very good trip.

Comments

[radiant-one.livejournal.com]

7 liters... and this bunny has a glass! *grin* Thank you for posting about the trip. I've been looking forward to each day's recap with much anticipation! So glad it was a good trip for you both!

[kmusser]

You can always come visit, some might somehow make it to faire as well :-)

[radiant-one.livejournal.com]

grin and wink... hmmm faire, 30something days away too.

[cosmolinguist]

I'm still sad that I didn't buy the cannabis incense.

[winterbadger]

Oh, what a fun sounding trip! But I will never again let someone tell me I pack a lot into my travels--you guys saw more of the country in a week and a half than I've seen in the (accumulated) month or two I've spent traveling there! :-)