After departing London at 10.30pm we arrived in Edinburgh at the lovely time of 7.30am what a pleasant trip!
We did not really have anything specific planned in Scotland because we only booked one night accommodation! We did go and do a bus tour of the city!
Unfortunately at this time I was relapsing back into illness! However there was a up side. People that know me should know that I don't sleep too well. I managed to sleep from 5pm till 8pm and was slightly disoriented for an hour and fell back to sleep after a hunt for Ben and Jerry then proceeded to fall back asleep from 9pm till 7am! wow I didn't even wake up, I was in a dorm room with 16 other people too!
We had to wake early because we were due on a Haggis bus at 8am! We decided a tour would be best for us so we booked ourselves onto the 'Wild & Sexy Haggis Tour of the Scottish Highlands'
I know this is shocking on my behalf but I cannot remember most of the places I stayed at! So sorry!
Anyways here are some pics that we did on the first day!
We saw alot of waterfalls and mountains! Our tour guy was Ped (who looks like a cross between Ben Lee and Ed Norton) he was hilarous, full of Scottish pride and knowledge! Get a Scot to say hairy coo, it's bloody funny! Our first night we made it to the Isle of Skye, we went out to the pub it was full of locals pretty funny kept getting offered seats? Anyway there was a band playing covers and they played 'Make me smile' it was a good night!
The second day we did pretty much the same mountains, castles, waterfalls AND LOCH NESS! We visited this enchanted creek that if you dipped your face in it, it was suppose to make you beautiful. I did it, unfortunately I looked the same when I got back on the bus!
We got to Loch Ness in the evening where we then went on a cruise of the Loch Ness it was really enjoyable! Did you know that the Brits spent 12 million pounds looking for Nessy!!!
Now later that evening...
At our hostel the bar was offering doubles for £1! I mean how could anyone resist! Anyway I managed to drink way too much (don't drink Wodka! that's no typo!) There are some pretty incriminating pics of me (attempting) break dancing ! I have debated whether to put them up or not, but I don't think I will! Also another highlight of the evening was when Bon Jovi's livin on a pray came on the jukebox and everyone that was in bar at the time singing their lungs out at the chorus! Classic!
Anyway on our final day I woke up on the floor when I was suppose to in the top bunk...not sure how I got back to my room...But of course I paid for it the next day! Don't worry by the arvo I was back to my usual self!
Saw some more beautiful sites of Scotland including this site of tombs, not much is known about who was buried there but they were constructed with material that would have been imported from thousands of miles away!
During our time on the bus there are some things that will always remind me of our Haggis tour including the song Fat Bottom Girls by Queen, Jobby, Hairy Coo's, 'It was a time of war' and the Scots hatred of Braveheart! It was so not true, I bit like Crocodile Dundee nah..
We arrived back in Edinburgh at about 6pm! Absolutely had the time of my life on that tour! Made friends with some Aussies & Canadians and it turned out we were all staying in the same hostel that night so we went out to this awesome pub!
But sadly the next day we all departed our separated ways! We were on that lovely bus back to London that was leaving at 10.30pm and getting in at 7.30am so we had a full day to fill in so we went and visited the Edinburgh Castle, walked down the Royal Mile and climbed Arthur's Seat! We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Edinburgh and are considering whether to return and find work here!!
