edinburgh

we got off the train in edinburgh and got to our hostel were we met 4 canadians who went to trent and were on their spring break and were doing a super fast tour of the UK... we went on a ghost walk with them (which was super freaky.. they talked about the history of the town, all the ghosts they have there and they took us through a cemetary..) we went out to the bar with them that night and had a wicked time. in edinburgh, you had to show ID at every bar.. i dont even know what the drinking age is there but you had to show your ID anyways.. well, Maria hadn't brought any with her.. so, as a joke, after i had shown the bouncer my ID, i handed it over to Maria right in front of him. i was expecting the bouncer to laugh at us and then tell maria to get her ID.. but, he didnt.. he didnt even notice me give it to her (even though we were standing RIGHT in front of him) and he thought the ID was maria and let her in. It was ridiculous.

we stayed in edinburgh for 3 nights.. this was my favorite city for sure. everyone was so super nice and it was such a student town (kind of like london..) and there were always tons of young people around and the night life was amazing. we bar hopped like crazy.. one night Maria and I went to 5 different bars. It was great.. and we'd meet cool people along the way and then we'd change bars. this one bar we went to was called espionage and we went there the second night and then again on the third night and it was great. there were about 6 different levels and it was built into a hill so you went in at the bottom of the hill and at the end of the night you exited at the top of the hill, on level 6.. so, each level was a different type of atmosphere.. they had a club level, a chill level, a pub level and others.. it was great..

on the second day, we went on a bus tour of edinburgh which was really cool.. we got to see the castle, some old buildings, some museums (were Dolly was cloned..) the castle in edinburgh is the main thing there and its in the center of the town on this huge hill.. its odd because the rest of the city is pretty flat except for this huge hilll with the castle on it..

glasgow-edinburgh

the next day, we went on a very cold bus tour of glasgow.. most of which i forget about now.. it was cool to see the city and its history. we went to the pub again to eat and met some more scots. UK's and irish people are so nice. we stayed another night in glasgow and then went to edinburgh the next day via train. the country side was beautiful on the way to edinburgh.. it was constantly changing with really nice mountains, churchs, old abandoned castles and whatnot... it was really nice.

Paris- Glasgow

so, we took a flight from paris to glasgow, scotland and had no trouble getting into the country. we got to our hostel with no problems. our hostel was a really huge room for about 8 people but the 4 of us were the only ones in it, so that was nice. Maria, who was still jet legged from just returning from Canada, slept for a few hrs while Dominique, Jo and I walked around the city a little bit. we found a nice bar and went back to wake Maria up to go and eat at this pub. There were tons of scots there watching a rubgy game and it reminded me of being at Molly's at home, hanging out. it was a really relaxed atmosphere and lots of fun. we met a few scots at the bar and turns out scots love Canadians so we were the hit of the bar. our hostel had a bar as well so as soon as the pub closed, we went back to the bar where there were tons of irish people there celebrating after the celtic win. the irish are crazy. it was one huge party with everyone laughing and singing and having fun. we started talking to these irish guys from dublin who came to glasgow to see the celtic rugby game and they were telling us about the history of the celtic (most of which i forget..) we ended off the night by staying up way too late as usual.. so late in fact that we slept through most of the next day..

internet/phone

alright, so I got back from Ireland and Scotland safely. I dont have internet or phone right now at my place and so it's going to take me longer than I thought to get my posts up to date but I will get there. basically, to sum up everything, I loved Ireland and Scotland. the car we rented in ireland was the best and we all returned safely to Paris. best kind. there will be more posts to come later on when i have a day off.