1st thing we saw out of the castle: a man dressed up as a erm someone? haha. i would say all the way back from medieval times, the attire. i think.
the royal mile in old town
love this! hehehe if you don't get it, then well you must be a really sad person haha
poor statue with a cone on his head can anyone with sharp eyes spy someone else as well?
yet another random building. i think this might be a museum.
did anyone guess correctly?? scottish playing the bagpipe!!! and man in kilt! phwaaaar! and yingzhi gets a nosebleed. :p
statue and another building
scottish flags and others
another building
after which, we entered the...
museum of chilhood
victorian doll's house
doll's house
another doll house
puppetry
puppets! pinnochio anyone?
zoetrope
inside the zoetrope
tolbooth tavern: reminds me of harry potter!
the new scottish parliament: sides
still the parliament. weird architecture for a parliament, if you ask me.
the queen's gallery. literally. all her valuable stuff are in there, and it costs a bomb to enter. ok maybe i exaggerated the price, but still...
arthur's seat. free. bwahaha
parliament again
lamp! with the queen's crown on it! cool
holyrood palace. also very expensive to enter. palace where the royal family stays in when they come to edinburgh. wanted to visit that initially, but decided to 'hike' up arthur's seat instead. glad we did.
arthur's seat from below. beautiful!
parliament again
closeup of the front view of the parliament i had no idea i took so many photos of it -_-"
view of the palace, gallery and parliament halfway up arthur's seat.
view of calton hill from arthur's seat. wanted to hike up there sooooo much, but sigh. no time. :( and it was darn cooooooold!
old town!
top of arthur's seat
where old and new meet
taking a break at the "peak" of the mid-hike up arthur's seat
me looking bewildered at what those 3 monkeys are doing
me
wahahaha like this piccie! guess which one is me? :p
jerry attempting to climb up arthur's seat. no jerry, unless you want to break a leg
look! we can carry jerry! hahaha.
part of edinburgh
edinburgh
right below arthur's seat
edinburgh university is somewhere nearby too! anyway, we decided to 'hike' down when we saw that it was getting late and the ominous black clouds coming in. alas! the moment we started walking down, it started raining. and then, heavier rain. by the time we reached the bottom, we've had countless slipping scares and were soaked through. but it was still fun, the view was beautiful. highlight of the trip it was for me. not to mention it helped make my cough 'better', wahahaha.
me and joan, back at our hostel room.
yingzhi, on her bed. she looks like a sea animal. hmmm.... a seal?
joan, who was too lazy to sit up to take a proper picture, heh
we had fish and chips for dinner at a famous fish and chips place in edinburgh. pretty good, price was reasonable as well. apparently, the guy who plays hagrid in harry potter visits the place often! didnt see him that day though. i had calamari and chips instead of fish, cos i looooove calamari! haha. the best seafood is still in aussie and new zealand, except crabs of course. singapore has da (the) best chili and black pepper crabs in the world! phwaaaar!
at night, we had girl talk. well, with jerry the only guy around. hehe. he must have found it rather interesting. talked about erm ideal marriage proposals, body part(s) we look out for, physical features to die for etc etc etc. jerry had this really sweet marriage proposal to his gf which he described to us. omg! so sweeeeeet! his gf will melt when he proposes to her!!! *envy envy* if a guy so much as dare to even think of proposing to me the singaporean way, i will kill him first. if any guy is sane enough to want to propose to me, assuming. haha. but seriously, how is "let's get a HDB flat" (i.e. an apartment in flats - x storey high buildings common in singapore) even POSSIBLY considered a marriage proposal??? i'll ask the guy to go fly kite (apologies for singlish, don't understand ask moi). but yah, jerry's idea was just really sweet and simple. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
ok, moving on to Day 2 now (technically day 3, but it doesnt count for me cos day 1 was spent in the coach -_-")
edinburgh castle whilst walking to the city center
the castle
statues!
more erm buildings?
for some reason, the statues remind me of egypt. or greece.
more more more buildings!
the bridge linking old and new town
eh, this popped up in our path so.... heh
if im not wrong, this building is the national museum.
and then we went shopping! cos the shops opened. haha. more souveniors and food!!! hehe. also bought a cookbook for beginners for only 2pounds! very useful cookbook. also bought a novel called labyrinth. can't wait to read it, but first: lit texts. haha.
and then it was bye bye edinburgh! along the way, we saw:
the forth bridge, just beside deep sea world. we didn't go in cos well, underwater world in singapore is the best! haha. but really, those who did pay a ridiculous 7pounds to enter the place came out disappointed and complaining that it sucked. hehe. more fun chatting on the bus, really.
forth bridge, taken while on the bus.
and that marks the end of the trip to edinburgh! phew! cut down on so many photos, @_@. righto, back to assignments! argh! hell week is upon me!!!! ehehehe. but after that, i'm off to vienna, prague, amsterdam and brussels for about 2 weeks! wheee! hehe.
ooooh, and i have a new skirt from topshop! bought from ebay, for just 6pounds plus! original price was 35Pounds, apparently. and the skirt is brand new, with tags and all too! cools. hehe. ebay is addictive. good thing i have to rely on my friends to actually bid for me, so pai seh lah. haha. so, only bought the skirt so far. *grin*
ok ok, back to studying. ah! the joys of being a student. tee-hee.
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