Here we get a lovely view of the Edinburgh campus! I caught the young man there in mid-step, which I found cool. The rain that day made our feet cold and our hair wet, but it also made everything glisten in a wonderfully photogenic way. I miss the campus already.Here you can see the sign for the campus library, which looked amazing but which we couldn't go into without student IDs. Oh, well!
Then later we went to the National Museum, and saw several amazing things, including this statue of a bird that is actually a lectern (which is hard to see from the front). There were SO many other parts of this museum, from natural history to Scottish history (did you know the Scots were the first to use a guillotine??) to exhibits about space and everything, and we could have stayed in there a week and not seen everything. As it was, we were there for maybe two hours and had a fantastic time, though I did have to drag Claudia out of the Scottish history section so that we could see a bit of the other stuff, too!
They also had a model Formula 1 car that we could sit in! In front of the car there was a screen, and you could take the car through a test run on this screen, seeing how it was to try and control a car going at nearly 200 mph (320 km/h)! There's a short video of Claudia attempting this, and just attempting to get into the car. That'll be up soon! :)
Here's our little room in the hostel, just so you have an idea of where we stayed! It was a lovely youth hostel and quite affordable, as well as very near Erin's flat, so everything worked out perfectly! It was called Argyle Backpackers and the staff were very charming, and they have amazing kitchens available for guests staying there. If you ever go to Edinburgh, I would recommend them!
Then later we went to the National Museum, and saw several amazing things, including this statue of a bird that is actually a lectern (which is hard to see from the front). There were SO many other parts of this museum, from natural history to Scottish history (did you know the Scots were the first to use a guillotine??) to exhibits about space and everything, and we could have stayed in there a week and not seen everything. As it was, we were there for maybe two hours and had a fantastic time, though I did have to drag Claudia out of the Scottish history section so that we could see a bit of the other stuff, too!
They also had a model Formula 1 car that we could sit in! In front of the car there was a screen, and you could take the car through a test run on this screen, seeing how it was to try and control a car going at nearly 200 mph (320 km/h)! There's a short video of Claudia attempting this, and just attempting to get into the car. That'll be up soon! :)
Here's our little room in the hostel, just so you have an idea of where we stayed! It was a lovely youth hostel and quite affordable, as well as very near Erin's flat, so everything worked out perfectly! It was called Argyle Backpackers and the staff were very charming, and they have amazing kitchens available for guests staying there. If you ever go to Edinburgh, I would recommend them!
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