I just love Edinburgh

Awrite! Guid mornin! Hou's aw wi ye? (Hi! Good morning! How are you?)

A'm fine, slainte! (I'm fine, thanks!)

I just love Edinburgh!

Edinburgh is beautiful, gorgeous and lovely. The minute you set your eyes on the city, you can't help but go ooh..ahh...ooh..ahh... No wonder those who get to be here for secondment or even their studies just love the place very much. The Scottish accent, peculiar to some but common to many or vice versa  seemed very fascinating in its own way. It sounds foreign at first, with me experiencing a 5 seconds laps when I first met a few Scots but gradually I like the language a lot. Maybe its unique history and culture, its just splendid!

D'ye spaek Scotts? (Do you speak Scots?)

Juist a wee. (Just a little).

I just came back from Edinburgh 2 weeks ago and I wished I could stay longer and just capture all the images in my head. The medieval buildings are just mesmerizing with vast history, will surely captivates anyone that visit the city of culture even if its for a day!

I wished I had my own DSLR sooner and can just click away. Most European cities seemed easy to walk about and so is Edinburgh with lots of souvenirs shops to go. A word of caution to the ladies and the active shoppers, bring lots of money! Anyway, if you're thinking of saving some, its almost impossible not because its expensive, but its so reasonable that you don't mind taking and picking the souvenirs off the shelves! Not forgetting the common notion of "Ah..I'm only here once in my lifetime, what the heck".  But I think its pretty worth it though (here I go again!). The kilts, Scottish gems(ooh..) and all other Scottish merchandise its awesome. Even their famous bagpipe band, the Red Hot Chili Pipers, they're marvelous! For whisky lovers, Scotland is the land of single malts and whisky, the Water of Life they call it. Funnily, I didn't got myself a a single malt here even though I should. I think I'm guilty as charged in spending already. Don't lah ask me how much I spend, paiseh ;p

We spend one whole day in Edinburgh, although we very much like to go to Sterling Castle and other places nearby, but its a worth outing. The weather is chilly and windy, not as cold as when I first got here. I might have acclimatize myself to the weather already and thankfully there was no rain for us to walk and paint the city red!

  

The Castle Of Edinburgh should be the place to start your j0urney. From here, you get to pass through lots of medieval, historic buildings with souvenir shops nearby. Again, ladies and gents, lo and behold, the land of culture, with ancient and vast history, with great tradition such as William Wallace who made Scotland what it is now, and years to come! Just go and walk through the city, helpful tourist guides along the way will be on site to assist you and enrich you with information regarding the tourist sites as well. The University of Edinburgh looks majestic with its main building situated in the city centre itself, and food its not much of a hassle as you can get different varieties of food everywhere, from middle east to oriental to Mediterranean and western food.

Ah..i'm sorry for the long absence, i think its pretty long for not writing and least that is what i feel and my hand is just so itchy to start typing along. No worries people, i have lots of pictures and also trips to share with you. I am back in the cyberworld with 3 Broadband kit which i just bought and what the heck, i could not wait until the end of the month for Sky to install their broadband in my apartment.

We stayed in Troon during our trip to Scotland. The next day on Sunday, we took the opportunity to visit Glasgow as well, very much an industrialized city and used to be one of the largest city in Europe, and it was snowing and raining on the day itself. It was freezing cold, with hails but its a worth outing as we walk and walk and walk throughout Glasgow and then headed back to Preston, leaving Scotland behind.

A'll be reit back! (I'll be back soon), I promise!