Hey Everyone!
Sorry about the last few posts I know they're kinda lame. I'm not gonna lie - this one probably is too.
I just thought I'd talk a bit about my midterm trip before it gets too far behind me.
So the night before we left I stayed up with Angela, Ross, and Ashley and we watched both Harry Potter Musicals. It was epic! I was eating delicious 'Ben's Cookies' and we sometimes broke between scenes to have a dance/singing session.
When we got on the bus at 4:00am I was SO ready for sleep. They were nice fancy coach buses so it was pretty darn comfy but by the time they finished explaining things and we actually got going it was light out and for some reason I couldn't fall asleep no matter what I did.
When I finally did doze off I was woken up minutes later and informed we would be stopping every 2 and a half hours and everyone would have to get off the coach for 45min. Sleep deprived Cara was not happy. Thankfully after we ate at the media museum I started to cheer up and happily explored with Wendy, Keybi, and Ashley. When we got back on the bus people voted to watch the Big Bang Theory and we picked up right where Nick and I left off - that was happy. I had a good sleep and discovered at the next rest stop that we were in Scotland because there was suddenly a lot of Scottish souvenirs at the convenience store. 'Grease' was the next movie chosen and I dozed off again quite happily.
Our first night in Edinburgh I left the hotel with my roommates Wendy and Ashley to find some food. After briefly passing through what seemed to be a somewhat sketchy street we found a place called 'biblos' offering 30% off all food and drinks for students. It was kinda classy - with pictures of famous authors on the walls and a large well stocked bookshelf to one side. We split 2 plates of some of the most delicious Nachos I've ever had and then wandered back to bed basically (after making a few wrong turns and coming just within a block of the Travel Lodge and then turning around because we thought we might be lost Hahaha)
For a Petrolian like me it's still pretty amazing to walk through hilly towns and cities where the road rises up before you or falls away behind you. Monday we visited the Castle - which was pretty amazing and beautiful, then Ashley and I ate at 'The Filling Station' and rested our feet after snagging pictures with 'William Wallace' who raises money for charity there. I guess we visited the Writer's Museum before eating too. It was neat but I didn't know much about the authors they featured and have never read their works yet (though I have, of course, heard of them) so it was hard to get too excited. One of the coolest parts, I thought, was passing and exploring the winding alleys.
The rest of the day we happily explored the city - at psda (a secondhand store whose proceeds go to an animal shelter) we tried on silly outfits, laughing a lot, and I got a halloween costume.
- That's as far as I got - Haha! :P
