Edinburgh Day 3

DAy 3 we went on the hop on hop off bus tour of Edinburgh. It only had 6 stops on the bus we went to and we rode the entire route without getting out and then rode it again and got off on some of the stops.



Angie and I waiting for the bus ride to start. Double decker of course.



There were people playing bagpipes on the street. They're pretty good.


The first stop was the botanical garden(s??) It was pretty awesome. There weren't really hardly any flowers but it was a nice place to visit. We got to watch some really cool ducks.

And.... there was a door in the huge hedge.

Also. . . I got to feed some squirrels!!! Amazing. It licked my hand.

We also stopped and saw the Britannia which is the queen's royal yacht. We didn't pay to go inside but just looked out the window at it.

The last stop we went to was the Holyrood palace which is the queen's palace in Scotland. I think she might be here now.... we saw 4 helicopters heading in that direction and rumor has it that she was gonna be here this weekend.

Edinburgh Day 2

Well we started the day off late due to oversleeping people so instead of going on the hop on hop off tour bus like we planned we went shopping instead.

We found this really cool Indian store and I must admit I bought more at it then anywhere else in Europe but the stuff was awesome and cheap.

We climbed to the top of the Walter Scott Monument which has 286 steps (I think) and freakishly small spiral staircases at the top. Again, I no longer like spiral staircases. They're disorienting. They view was awesome though. It rained a bit once we got to the top but it wasn't too bad. Just really really windy.

After looking through some clothes stores we ended up at Tesco which is a grocery store and we picked up some food and laundry detergent. WE cant really make food here because the pantrys (kitchens) are a little bit understocked on dishes which basically means there is none.
When we got home we did some laundry since all of our clothes were dirty and then had I guess what you would call a slumber party minus the slumber. We ordered pizza and had some soda. Afterwards we put on mud facial masks and took pictures and freaked people out while they dried. THen we just talked for a while and went to bed.

Edinburgh Day 1

We basically did nothing the first day. WE spend 10 hours either on a plane or waiting at the airport or on a coach to get from Dublin to Edinburgh because we went all the way back to London and then to Edinburgh.
When we got to our awesome dorms I had nachos at the cafe downstairs and they were delicious especially because I haven't had Mexican food in 5 weeks and I missed it.

Dublin Day 7

Again, I promise I will fix these blogs when I get home but this is all I can do now.

We went to Kilmainham Gaol (jail) after class.
For dinner we went to Ireland's oldest pub-- the Brazen Head. It was pretty good.

For dessert we went to McDonalds. Actually I went to Burger King and got a strawberry cheesecake blizzard and then met them.

Dublin Day 6

Here a couple pictures for now.

Rapunzel's tower
High Loch of Glendalough

Jake with his Cuernavaca shirt and the bus driver serving and drinking some JAmeson whisky

Guiness lake

SEe the sand--- yeah it was imported from Florida

Dublin Day 6

DAy 6 was a day trip to Glendalough which was awesome and not even describable with words but I have so many pictures that I cannot even upload them all right now. It takes me forever because I can't download them on the computers so I will come back later and finish this post.

Dublin Day 5

Day 5. Well since it was Sunday and we were exhausted we decided to sleep in and not set any alarms. We woke up around noon which is kind of sad seeing as how I went to bed at midnight. Tired? Maybe. LazY? haha yes.

So since we slept in everybody was a little bit happier. At least for the 1st hour we woke up. I decided to even put some extra effort into my appearance. See that hair? Yes it is blowdryed. That shows some dedication.
We decided that we needed to go to the Ireland Museum since we were in Dublin and it did sound a little bit important. Unfortunately (except, false.) they did not let us take pictures there so instead I decided to show you what we found on the way there.

Yes..... this is a dead cat. At least that is what we decided it was. It was just laying there in someone's front yard. How you do not realize that there is a mummified cat in your front yard? I don't know. I'm surprised it looked this good seeing as how it rains in Dublin more than anywhere else in the entire world. Okay well that is stretching things but really... this thing was dry. I would just like to point out the object by it's mouth. Alcohol? Oh yes it is. I think you get the message as to what alcohol will do to you.

After the boring museum we went to the Botanical Gardens and the first thing we saw when we walked was what? A tropical flower? A native Ireland bush? Nope. A desert landscape. Imagine that. I still have not figured out how those cacti have not drowned.

That night we went to the Arlington Hotel for an expensive dinner (which we thought we had to buy in order to see the show) and some Irish singing and dancing. The appetizers looked like those plates you see in movies where there is a 10'' plate and a dab of food in the middle. The main course though was big so I was happy though.

We made online reservations before and when we got there guess what table we were at? Number 114. Lucky lucky.

There was a picture of this guy on the wall. It was kind of weird since it didn't really fit the atmosphere but nothing prepared me for what happened when I looked at him later. He pulled out an ipod and was listening to music. No joke this picture has an ipod and will teach you how to properly draft beer. I videotaped him but am uncapable at the moment of uploading that video. You will just have to trust me.

The 3 guys singing let you request songs so Jami and I requested Danny Boy because Jami's boyfriend is named Daniel and my missionary (??) is named Danny. As I hope you guys already know. It was a lovely song.

I guess this is typical but there were beer holders on their mic stands. So weird. So much drinking in Ireland.

Gotta go but I'm slowly catching up on blogs!