Looking back to Sunday, May 20, let's recap my last week in Edinburgh:
Sunday was the Kitchener House barbecue. Atif, the RA, and Kat (the other RA) bought loads of burgers, sausages, potatoes and drinks and grilled all day from 2pm till past midnight. Everyone gathered outside and ate, played games, and talked for hours. (Pics of the BBQ are in the album "random".)
On Monday the 21st, we had a LONG day. Becca, Tara, Pablo, Noelia, Azahara, Matt and I said goodbye to John (which was VERY, very sad) and then went out to walk about town. We wandered around the Parliment building (it's very ugly, especially compared to the beautiful old buildings of the city), Holyrood palace, the Royal Mile, and Calton Hill, where there are beautiful views of the city and Edinburgh's unfinished parthenon. We then ate at Lloyd's bar and saw "Zodiac" which was actually very good.
On Tuesday, Becca, Tara, Matt and I got up early again and we to Edinbugh castle. It cost a LOT of money to get into but we felt we had to see it. And the tourists were AWFUL but...well, technically we're locals ;o) I bought a Scottish flag and some golf things for mom and dad. We got to see the crown jewels, which are the originals and VERY old not like that the redone versions of the English crown jewels.
In the evening we went to Mary King's Close, which is a street that was built over and is very old, so you get to see how people lived back in the day by going underneath the city. Supposedly it's haunted. Once home, Matt and I booked our trip to London.
It's weird to do touristy things in a place where you feel you belong, but everyone judges your accent and assumes you're a tourist. Very odd :o)
Pictures are up on the pic site under the album "playing tourist."
-A-
