Edi (Edinburgh)

If you've never been to Edinburgh, you need to go now. Amazing. I've counted at least 3 occasions when I've rounded a corner and come across a backdrop that looks too beautiful to be real. As if a movie was being shot and a massive backdrop was hung between two buildings. This scene could not be happening in real time it had to have been created in the mind of some master artist who took years to perfect this picture.

So let me tell you as well about the tiny world which we live in. Standing in the queue waiting to board my flight from Dublin to Edinburgh, I look over and I see a guy (Dan) I met in Nice, France waiting on the same flight. We catch up and fly together to Edinburgh. The following day (yesterday) I run into Dan again on the same walking tour. Today, after visiting the Castle and the National Gallery of Edinburgh with Cassie and Julia (whom I met on the walking tour),  we three go to an Amateur Comedy Show and not only run into Dan again, but also two other girls that I spent almost a week with in Nice then Barcelona! So Jacquie and Rosie are back in the picture. The second you think you'll never see someone again is the time you are reminded to never say never.

I ended up adding a night to my Edinburgh trip this morning because I haven't quite figured out when/where to go next. I'd love to do an actual tour of Scotland. Unfortunately, they usually leave on Mondays or Fridays. So I need to figure out where to go next to catch a tour that doesn't take me back to Edinburgh. Tricky. So that might actually require planning. What a novel idea which I haven't come across since September 24...

Tomorrow, I'm off to see Arthur's Seat (maybe King Arthur, maybe not). Just a hill, but why not. I'm with the Nice (is there a pun there, I'll let you decide) group again so it'll be a great time as always has been. Looking forward to the rest of Scotland, then off to England. Christmas is around the corner!