One day in Edinburgh

After spending 4 long days by the countryside, it was time to head back to the city. While it was nice idling, trail-walking, having yummy fruit scones for tea and not doing anything of utmost importance, being a city-girl at heart, I was glad to be back in the city hustle and bustle.

I liked Edinburgh the moment we set foot on its streets. The architecture was charming (not to mention spooky too), the people were friendly and the food... was pretty good! Sad to say, we only had a day to explore the city; heading back to London the next. And we didn't manage to visit the lochs that Scotland's famed for too; better luck next time.

No time for lochs, so we headed to Camera Obscura and the Scotch Whisky Museum instead. Looked at more mind-boggling optical illusions, learnt what the term 'camera obscura' means, and we tried to 'pick up' random people who were walking on the streets. 

this is how I'd look like in the anime world

and F. 

somewhere along the Royal Mile

whiskey-tasting

they all belong to the same collector

The weather was awesome during our time in Edinburgh; it was warm, but we had the occasional breeze to cool things down a little. Most of the skies in my pictures are overexposed though :( 

Scottish bagpipe players; F dared me to ask one of these men in traditional costumes if they were wearing any underwear beneath. I was too chicken so I said "wait until we come across a handsome one la"

sauces, finally!

haggis, neeps and tatties. doesn't taste as bad as it looks; quite yummy in fact.

steak and ale pie

abandoned

The days got longer towards the end of the UK leg; it was probably around 10p.m. when the sun set everyday so we always seemed to be out for only a short while when in actual fact, we've been out for nearly an entire day. Super tiring please. 

Anyway, Edinburgh was our last stop for our UK travels. We boarded one of those Megabuses back to London for the cheapest price F could find, and took a train back to Portsmouth when we were finally back in London. That's been almost 2 weeks of non-stop travelling, and while we didn't get to spend enough time at each stop, I guess we both saw enough to decide which are the places we wouldn't mind visiting again.