One More Chapter
A twenty two year-old's view on life, death,
and Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
and Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
Welcome to the greatest city on Earth. Or at least, the greatest I've been thus far in my travels. Last weekend, as many of you know if you follow me on Facebook since I was posting constantly about it, I traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland in the northern UK. First, let me say, yes. I traveled alone and, yes, I was a little nervous. But nothing, and I mean nothing, can compare to the horror that I faced getting to France in the middle of one of New England's worst snowstorms and having to deal with literally every possible thing go wrong. After I survived that, I knew that I could do anything. In addition, I was travelling to an English-speaking country and therefore I was really quite excited. I mean, not only are they English-speaking, but they also have extremely attractive accents. In addition, I have been learning that the more that I travel the less scary and more exciting it becomes. Just like the taste of coffee, it's an acquired taste. Edinburgh was one of the greatest places I have been to in the entire world. And here's a list as to why: 1. Everyone is friendly there, and I mean EVERYONE!! It's like Disneyworld there. 2. There is the big city feel but it's also surrounded by mountains and hills. And it's geographically very, very small. I walked everywhere there easily, no need to spend money on public transportation, except to bring me to the airport! And it wasn't too crowded either, very calm and peaceful in the mornings. 3. It's very clean! Not only do you get to feel close to nature with many gardens and the surrounding hills, but the city is much much cleaner than any other I've been to so far. I even saw a man run into a busy road one morning to fetch an empty soda bottle, then throw it away. Not kidding. 4. There is so much beautiful sightseeing to be done! 5. The food is fabulous! While, yes, the food here is Paris is also to die for, it's great getting to experience a new culture and see what they have to offer. And in the mornings everything smells so delicious! All the breakfast places cooking their breakfast meats and brewing coffee. I've never experienced an entire city smell like breakfast before. 6. Bookstores are everywhere! And, yes, they are in France. But these ones are all in English. 7. Did I mention they were so friendly? I was also lucky enough to meet my best friend, Kate, there, who was on a trip with her class. I spent all day Saturday with her. We went to Edinburgh Castle, had lunch at the cafe where J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter, visited the cemetery where apparently she got the names for many characters and spent time exploring the city. Then we went out for dinner afterwards and attempted a pub crawl as Edinburgh is famous for it's nightlife, though we ended up just getting a few drinks to split at two different places since all the others were so ridiculously crowded. It was an amazing weekend and one that I am eager to repeat. I just want to go back there and hike all those mountains!! (unfortunately it was really cold still when I went). I will be returning to Scotland, this time to hang out in St. Andrews, again in late April and just cannot wait. Have I found my future home? Only time can tell. Basically, I now think that nobody should live their life without visiting this amazing place. Thank you for reading, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayMaroon 5, "Sugar" Because, it's just awesome.
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