Last Sunday, me and mum went on a car trip out in the woods. I was reading the map when I found the best mountain ever, Gullputtberget (Cutie mountain). Of course we had to go there, unfortunately there wasn’t much to see.
But instead we found a really old sign marking the county border!
First, I just want to say Edinburgh is a beautiful place. Old buildings mixed with new ones, and nature feels close even though it’s a quite big city.
I arrived in Edinburgh at around 15 on Thursday, waiting for Bax to pick me up at the airport, which was small and a little bit confusing. We took the airport bus into town, gong through lovely green areas before we reached it. We left my bags in the apartment and went for a walk, trying to find a map and learn to find my way.
Friday was castle-day, we spent most of the morning walking around the castle grounds and taking lots of pictures. And in the evening we went to a ceilidh, a Scottish/Gaelic social dance event. It was HOT, exhausting and so fun, I wish we had something similar in Sweden. :)
During the weekend we went to Dynamic Earth and the Botanic Gardens. And we walked a lot, sightseeing around Edinburgh. Monday I spent by myself at museums and walking. Walking is definitely a theme for this trip. I saw parts of the National Museum of Scotland, mainly Scotland’s history, and also the Museum of Childhood with an impressing collection of toys, books, clothes and other items related to childhood.
On Tuesday, we went to Edinburgh Zoo and again took a lot of photos. Wednesday was rainy and grey, so instead of going out somewhere we took the bus to IKEA, about 20 mins away, and spent the morning trying beds and sofas.
A lot of time was also spent watching TV and playing games, which might not sound like a proper trip, but I loved it. There is only so much you can take in in a day, and it was fun and relaxing :) I got to practice my Mario Kart skills, and got into Big Bang theory. I need to watch all of it when I get back to Luleå!
I’m hoping I will be able to go back to Scotland again soon, I want to see more of other places in Scotland too, other cities and rural areas. And of course, more of Edinburgh :)
I’m back from Edinburgh. It was one of the most fun visits I’ve done for a long while and I’m really glad I didn’t chicken out and actually did it :) It’s always scary to meet “new” people.
I should upload all the photos from the visit (*cough*, I didn’t get that many) and write a short summary soon.
Today is Midsummer’s Eve, and we have really done nothing, except eating and a short ride. I like it :)
We are in London. Things are cool, huge and just.. different.
My head is full of ideas and inspiration to write blog posts, but this heat (and the general laziness) is taking all my energy away. I can’t sit and concentrate for more than two minutes. Most ideas do require more than that. Irritating.
I’ve booked the trip home now, at least. On the 11th, I’m heading home, back to Luleå. I will go by train, so Zelda cutie has to stay here for a while. Most probably, I will miss her too much and take a flight back and pick her up later this autumn. It will be good to know how much I miss her and how much she means to me :)
Back home! At mum and dad’s, of course, not back in Luleå yet. A cancelled train yesterday, but apart from that the trip back went fine. I’ll do a more detailed post on the trip later, when I can show some photos also :)
We arrived at 01:00 last night, and I still woke up at 07:50. Stupid flies! I will probably crash later today, summer has really arrived so it’s too hot to do anything in the middle of the day anyway.
Oh, and WordPress 2.6 has arrived. I’m reluctant to update though, since from what I’ve read it’s full of weird bugs. I’m hoping they will release something like 2.6.1 soon. Since this is my first update I do myself, I’d rather have a more stable release :P
Our trip to Belgium/Holland is set! From July 11 to 23 we will be making middle Europe a scary place to be.