onto Scotland

On our last morning in London, Heather and I visited Westminster Abby in the morning. Unfortnately due to the limited time we were unable to take a tour. It was a beautiful sight, and Heather particularly like all the monuments to the famous authors.

We boarded our train at King's Cross Station around 1pm (no we couldn't find platform 9 and 3/4). The train ride was very nice. We both got some sleep and a chance to see the countryside. Trains here are a very smooth experience, unlike flying which can be very jolting physically. When we reached Edinburgh and had about a half mile hike to the hostel, which wasn't too bad, unfortunately it was almost all up hill. We both did well though.

The hostel (Castle Rock Castle) has a view of the castel of Edinburgh and is much nicer than our last place. It's complete purpose is to serve backpackers, thus is it cleaner and larger but full of life and personality. I already like Edinburgh better, it is smaller, so it feels more managable and much like Florence, is mostly composed of old buildings so it feels more full of history.

Almost as soon as we came in, Heather and I were invited out to a meal and tour (Mary King's Close) by a friendly hosteler. She actually is currently living in Issaqua (town where my Dad used to work in Washington) and was about our parents age. She was a lot of fun and we enjoyed her company. We had a very enjoyable evening but were definately ready to sleep.

Today we are going to visit the Castle and other sites. Stay tooned for more adventures.

Cheers!
Emilie

PS Currently we cannot upload pictures due to limited access on the computers, we'll send more updates and pictures as soon as we can.