Edinburgh

So yesterday was a bit of a sad day for us because it was our last couple hours in Yorkshire. We have both really really enjoyed ourselves and we realised that one week was just not enough.

We woke up yesterday with the horrible chore of re-packing our suitcases to fit everything in and went on to search the room the room for anything we had left behind (we had not left anything behind at any other destination) but it wasn't until 8 hours later that we found out we forgot our England phone's charger!

After a tearful farewell to Angie at Doncaster station, we jumped on the the train to Edinburgh in first class which was really nice. Massive reclining chairs with your own power point and free wifi for the whole 3 and a half hour trip. The train ride was very nice itself compliment by the stunning English and Scottish country side. We got into Edinburgh at around 2pm and went straight to get a taxi to our hotel. The taxi driver was awesome, it was the first real thick Scottish accent we had heard and boy was it thick! He was nice though, drove straight past the hotel but gave us a quick run down on what to do in Edinburgh which was helpful. We checked into our room at Frederick house hotel and it is a very nice room with queen bed modern bathroom and even a mini fridge which has been Very handy! After settling in, we went out to get something to eat because it was 4pm and we hadn't eaten since 9am. Before I go on I'm not sure if I've mentioned gregg's? Well gregg's is a chain bakery that are (unfortunately) exclusive to the UK and they sell these things called 'bakes'. They are basically a flat pie that come in steak, chicken and ham and cheese. I can confidently say that are one of the greatest things I have ever tasted, made better because they are only £1 pound. I was first introduced to them in York when Joe (a legend for doing so) introduced me to a steak bake which ignited this love affair. Since then I've just about hit double figures. Enough about food, after getting a steak bake we went down rose street which is a 4 section street filled with cages and shops so we spend the rest of the night looking around there until we headed back to our hotel.

The next day we set out to explore new town Edinburgh. We went down to princess street which is the centre line of Edinburgh dividing new town and old town. We did a bit of shopping before I went up the Scott monument which is a towering monument on princess street. It was absolutely fantastic, it was split into 4 sections each section going further up the monument allowing you to get a better view of the city. There was one continuous spiral staircase all the way to the top with just under 300 stairs to the very tip. Although it so small at the top at one point I was ducking with both shoulders touching the walks climbing up the almost ladder like staircase. When we get to a proper computer I'll post some photo's hopefully.

Afterwards we went out and checked out edinburgh's biggest shopping centre but it wasn't that impressive only except it had a gregg's so I got a steak bake. After a while walking and 1 wrong turn later we got to calton hill which the Nelson monument and national monument (we will post photo's so you can see what they are) but that were very impressive. Calton hill also had spectacular views of the city where you could see out as far as the eye can see. After that we just went back down the princess street and did a bit more shopping and looking around.

Tomorrow we have booked a 12 hour tour that runs north of Edinburgh into the highlands to see castles and areas where massacres occurs and the likes. But I think mist importantly we are going all the way up to loch ness and taking a cruise in the hope of spotting the oversize fish! Well actually it is a prehistoric sea creature and we are on a mission to find it. After conquering the best we are taking a quick look at Inverness which is scotlands 3rd or 4th largest city.

So we will post after we get back at around 8 30pm London time tomorrow and hopefully uploads some photos the day after.

We are off to bed now so have a nice day in Australia,
Kristian & Lauren.

P.S if there are spelling mistakes or something doesn't make sense it's because I'm on my iPhone and it's really difficult to edit so I do apologize, I promise I'm not that illiterate!