Before I even start, let me give you a piece of advice. Never ever try to walk to the station when you know you are late! Take a cab even if it will cost you a bomb, that is better than burning your train ticket which could be the bigger one!
So we woke up late, got ready to go and we knew we were behind time. Instead of taking the cab to the train station, we decided to stick to the plan; to walk. It was 5.20am, walking with heavy bags on our backs was definately not the best choice we’ve made in our life. Our train was set to leave on 5.45am and at 5.30am we were no where close to the station – barely halfway. We decided to run and fortunate enough, we made it 1 minute before the train arrived. pheewwww! It took about 5 hours to get to Edinburgh and there is only one way to make your trip shorter….SLEEP! 😀
We got there at about 10am. Had our lunch in a restaurant called Filling Station and it does live by its name. The portion of the meals were quite small but it really fills your tummy! Later on we walked around the city but the weather was not being friendly at all. The skies were grey, photos taken were not satisfying and the wind were just too strong! How strong you ask? The picture below shows heavy wooden chairs in a park that were flipped by the strong wind.
At one point I was literally spinning around because the wind blew my camera bag that were strap to my shoulder and I spun with my bag. Anyway I went to places which I am not sure what it is called, but these are some of the pictures! Beware that the pictures that you’re going to view might be boring and dull but edited to “enhance” them a little. Please do not continue if you are allergic to ugly pictures! 😀
Before I end this post, I shall recommend you a really good backpacker’s hostel when we were there. It’s called The Castle Rock. It’s really cheap for such great service – £14 a night per person. Free tea and coffee anytime, free pool while you have a drink in the lounge, free wifi, library for you to read what ever books you want, extremely clean toilets, great location, and last but not least; extremely friendly cool staffs. I think in general the people in Scotland are just too friendly.
I actually forgot to take pictures of the hostel except for this room we lived in. So you might need to check it out yourself in the net. 😀
to be continue…….
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