I just got back from our very first independent travel break. A group of six friends and I planned a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland for four days. It was kind of a last minute decision, but it was so much fun and exactly what I needed this week. Here are some highlights from the trip:
Here is Edinburgh Castle. It is massive and fun to play in as we found out.
Another angle. It doesn't look like a typical castle, does it? The castle sits on top of ancient volcanic rock.
We went for a walk in a pretty park.
A beautiful fountain in the park. Sighhhhhhh I miss it already.
The same fountain with a view of the castle. Admit it, you're a little jealous.
Here's a picture of us girls playing in the castle. There were some openings where they shot cannons out of. We replaced cannons with our bottoms.
Here's me being silly and sticking my head through a cannon hole.
Here's Brent being silly with me. He can quote every episode of Friends, he loves Texas Tech, and he actually knew what "Marry/Bof/Kill" was. Impressive.
I'm taken. It's official. I'll send the invititations soon.
Here is a canon that they shoot everyday at 1 o'clock. I'm so hardcore, right?
Here is Brent, Me, and Rachel on top of the castle. It was super windy.
Pretty city picture. If you look reallllly close you can see the ocean.
This brought me back to Bonita Park and it made my heart warm. Extreme repelling anyone?
Here I am in front of The National Art Gallery in Edinburgh. They had a special exhibition of Andy Warhol's work. He was a revolutionary artist in the 60s and he did a painting involving Campbells soup that made him super famous.
Another famous painting of Andy Warhol's was called "Silver Clouds". So here we are playing with some silver clouds and pretending we are seven again. It was nice.
This is St. Gile's Cathedral. I didn't go inside it, but I had to take a picture of this gorgeous building.
The sunrise as we flew back to London. Breathtaking.
Here I am back in Oxford and I finally got to use my umbrella. It has only rained once since I've been here which is so rare.
Kamerie and I cooked spaghetti for dinner and we had leftover noodles. What to do? We decided to leave a present on our friends' Brent and Daniel's door. Aren't we sweet?