Saturday, August 8, 2009

Would like some Eyezz?

The train journey ended up being very pleasant. I was able to see some great scenery of the country and coastline plus free wi-fi on board made my journey go by quickly. We pulled into Waverly station at 12:40pm GMT and i took a taxi to my hotel. My wonderful mother paid for me to have a nicer room in Edinburgh for the short nights I would be staying there. I originally had planned to stay in a much older, crowded, noisy hostel, but due to the festival (I will get to that in a minute) going on she felt that I would enjoy my stay much better in a nicer place. So I am staying in what I believe is like a student's apt for college. I have my own full size bed, desk area, lovely view of the castle and bathroom all connected. COMPLETE PRIVACY and RELAXATION! Thanks again Mom! The city is at its busiest time of year with the Fringe Festival. This is the largest arts festival in the world and is a huge Britain event. So the city streets are amazingly crowded. After checking in, I grabbed lunch at a great little cafe called Tea Tree Tea. Great staff and good food. I went shopping a little bit for some gifts and traveled through parts of the festival area to get myself oriented with town. Tomorrow its a tour of the castle and some sightseeing. The weather is wonderful, wish you were all here.