This week, the boyfriend and I jumped into the car and decided to take a road trip and head up to Edinburgh for a few days. Living in Sheffield, the drive itself took a whopping 5 hours - but, strangely I really enjoyed it and it actually went really quick. After two stops at the service station, nearly getting crashed into on the motorway and lots of rainbow photo opportunities, we finally arrived in bonny Scotland! The hotel we had booked was amazing. The Ballentrae Hotel was a gorgeous old fashioned hotel with plenty of historical character. We booked an apartment, rather than a room and it was actually huge! I had lots of fun exploring (as you do) the apartment and was delighted to see it had a cute little tea/coffee arrangement. Simple things like this really excite me! I was like "Howww cuutte is this teapot??!"
We headed out to see what Edinburgh had to offer us. On our first day, we went to a place called Camera Obscura, which was basically a little museum full of illusions from crazy games, holograms and then to finish it all off, the amazing view point from the top of the building for the 'Rooftop Experience'. We spent the rest of the day having a wander round, and getting our bearings. Having never been to Scotland, I was really looking forward to learning all about it's history, plus, engaging in lots of photo taking opportunities. The weather, however, wasn't so great. Wind, wind, rain, more wind and even more rain all put together left a very soggy and not so happy Lauren. I had the frizziest hair known to man-kind, complete with what I liked to refer to as my 'rain face'. Mascara down the cheeks galore. Being far to wet and windy for any umbrella to hack, we had to rush into the local shops and invest in a waterproof coat for me and a woolly hat for Lee.
On day two, we both decided to take in Edinburgh's history and visit the Edinburgh Castle. Now, I didn't actually think I'd enjoy this trip, it was more Lee who actually wanted to go, but once I was there I really enjoyed it. There was so much to see and do! History Geeks'R'us. Yay! It took us roughly 3 hours to look around the whole castle - and the view was amazing! We actually managed to cram a lot into our day by also grabbing a quick cocktail in the Hard Rock Cafe (it would be rude not to!). Afterwards, we decided to jump on the Bus Tour, to have a better look around Edinburgh and also learn a few things. I actually learned about where the saying 'daylight robbery' comes from - all involving a man named William Pitt who invented Income tax. He tried charging people extra tax if they had more than six windows in their house. Because people didn't want to pay, they bricked up any extra windows they had to avoid the charges, leaving them with less daylight in their homes and hence the saying 'daylight robbery'. You learn something new every day, huh? To finish the day off we went on a spooky ghost walk underground at Mary Kings Close, where we learned all about how years ago, the poor people in Edinburgh had to live under the ground. But when the Black Plague began spreading, 300 infected people were left underground and had the entrance bricked up, leaving them all there to die. Morbid, but really spooky and interesting. If you ever visit Edinburgh, I'd highly recommend it!
On our 3rd and final day in Edinburgh, we decided to spend the day at the zoo. And well, the photos speak for themselves.
I LOVE PENGUINS.
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