November 29-30, 2014
Edinburgh, Scotland
I really liked the hostel we stayed at in Edinburgh! Even though we just stayed for one night. Not only were we in the Avengers themed room (I was Captain America♡) but this was the view from our window!!!
It was even better in the morning:
We only had one day in Edinburgh so we decided to spend the majority of it climbing Arthur's seat. This was one of the best decisions we made during our study abroad trips. I loved climbing Arthur's seats and looking out over the beautiful scenery. Even in November the grass was still quite green and the sky was so perfectly blue! We could even see the sea from one side of the mountain.
It took a while to climb... Megan and Brittany kept me entertained though!
Shout out to the guy perfectly posing for this picture
After descending from the beautiful Arthur's seat, we made our way back to the hostel to check out and put our luggage in storage for the rest of the day.
Probably one of my favorite parts of this trip was touring a weaving factory. The factory weaved mostly scarves and blankets. It would have been awesome to see the factory in action, but unfortunately since it was Sunday, no one was working the looms.It was still very interesting to see the set up and the amount of looms they had. It sure made me miss weaving; I can't wait to have my own loom someday!
Afterwards, we went into town for some shopping. Shopping is always a bad idea because I always find something I fall in love with. I did well though and mostly only purchased Christmas presents, yay me! haha. We also ran into a small Christmas market that was fun to look around that even had fair rides, but we didn't ride any. After we got tired of shopping we went to Costa and Starbucks for some hot cocoa and to wait until it was closer to time for our train to arrive.
Edinburgh is a trip I'd recommend to anyone. There was so much more to see that we didn't have time for. I'd love to go back and tour the castle and visit some of the museums. I would also love to see more of Scotland, I'm sure there are many other cities I'd fall equally in love with!
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