My travels most recently took me to Edinburgh, Scotland. My awesome flatmate Heather and her parents (who were visiting England) invited me to tag along on their trip to Edinburgh. I was a bit skeptical, but this Scottish city on a hill was absolutely enchanting! We visited the castle, ate Haggis and went on ghost tour which took us to the most haunted location in all of the UK. I didn't see anything suspicious, but it was awfully entertaining.
I have a new fascination with tartan after perusing a number of gift shops and finding all varieties of these ancient fabrics. Who knew there were so many? Each clan has its own family tartan, and it was really neat to find my ancestors, the Stewarts, famous tartan and history everywhere.
Highlights of the trip- hearing Coldplay's song "Clocks" played from bagpipes, getting a sweater made of Scottish wool (it even smells like Scotland!), finding the family tartan, eating Haggis in the cutest old world pub, learning all about a man who got hanged twice, how people used to be accidentally buried alive and the little ghost named Jack.... and all with some pretty awesome people. Heather's mom was hilarious and really nice, and her dad was kind also. And obviously whenever Heather and I hang out there is fun to be had, so overall it was a blast. It made me wish that my family could experience Edinburgh also...that Dad would have been there to eat Haggis with me and Mom get a tartan scarf, but maybe someday. Anyway, Edinburgh was precisely the sort of city with old world charm I've always wanted to visit so I am very grateful I had the opportunity to go!
