Scotland

Well on friday I went to Edinburgh! I was very lucky, as i had to rush in the morning to the embassy to get my visa first, as i was feeling like i really wanted something to say that i was here legally before i left the country! so i rushed around amsterdam trying to find an internet cafe where i could print off the proof i had insurance, an inet cafe owner showed some love and let me use the net and print for nothing, since i was on there for like 3 minutes lol sweet. anyway i rushed back to the embassy at about 10am and the lady saw me straight away... i had to get new passport photos (germans have specific requirements, youre head needs to be bigger lol) but i gave her the rest of the paper work, and in very ungerman fashion she had started to process the visa the day before, which enabled her to issue me my visa within about 45mins of me getting there. awesome. so im now officially on a german working holiday! so she gave me back my passport and i went straight to central station and bought my ticket to the airport! A man in front of me needed 50c for his ticket, and since i got shown some love in the morning from the cafe man, i passed it on! i gave away 50c! lol but i got to the airport in good time, checked in, and off i was to frankfurt to change planes and go to edinburgh! a direct flight would have taken about 1,5 hours or something but i had to go first to frankfurt (at least I could practice some german!) wait there for an hour or so, then get the plane to edinburgh. lame. but fran and i got there at pretty much the same time, which was nice! got into town, found our backpackers easily (stayed at Brodies on the Royal Mile, nice, clean, all the things you need). we went out for dinner and had, for entree.... HAGGIS! now, i hate liver, kidney and guts in general... but it wasnt that bad. ours was a bit of a woose version of haggis, as it was deep fried with sweet chili sauce and honey sauce, so it did mask the flavour somewhat. it was also not bound in the sheeps stomach, which is traditional. that didnt bother me at all! but, my first bite was average, since i could taste the liver, and i just dont like it! but it wasnt THAT bad. we found a bar had a few drinks and got talking to a bunch of lrish lads from belfast on a stags weekend, and we ended up tagging along on their party (by their invitation!). we ended up partying till 2am or something, seeing a guy dressed as a nun, and scooby doo. the next day we got up feeling a bit seedy and went n had a full breakfast down the rd at a resturant. feeling much better, we trekked around the city, checking out the castle (tho not paying the 11 pounds t get in), doing a whiskey tour (the scotch whiskey experience, just down the road frmo the castle was only 6 pounds if you buy the ticket before lunch!) and checking out this palce that sells tartan. Fran was looking for her families tartan, as all the different patterned tartans are named for different clans. I found the McKenzie tartan, which was quite nice! we went n had coffee n cake n wandered around looking at shops and taking loads of photos! everywhere you look theres something you wanna take a pic of! The old section of town is gorgeous, from the top of the hill on the royal mile at the castle, down to the queens gallery at the bottom of the hill. ppl were selling things on the street and the shops were very cool! loads of restaurants, and we saw some cool drummers over the railway. We went to a pub n had dinner n then decided to head over to a bar we were at the night before. who should we bump into but the irish boys again! again we got invited to tag along on their top gun themed night, where they were all dressed up in aviators and green pilots jumpsuits lol they had shirts underneath saying WINGMAN lol we ended up at a russian nightclub called espionage, which was free for us to get in, but the drinks were expensive. thankfully we had befriended the gentlemanly irish who bough quite a few rounds without expecting anything back from us! noice! we partied n danced until about 3:30 n were home in bed by 4... id been on my feet since about 10am that day in my boots and i could barely even walk home lol my feet are still aching! we got up, showered, packed and staggered around town for a bit (i bought a Ramsey Blue tartan scarf!) until we caught our bus to the airport and came home! i had SUCH a good weekend, ill put the pics up later, i cant find the cord that i connect my cam to the coputer, and this comp doesnt have a place i can put my memory card in... so ill go to rens place later on sometime and do it then...

but everyone should go to edinburgh!! so pretty... were thinking of going back to scotland for xmas... anyway whos keen on coming is more than welcome!!