Thursday, July 4, 2013

Royal Glimpses in Edinburgh

View from the top of Arthur's Seat

Queen getting into her car, she's in blue

Edinburgh Castle

Oh. My. God. I saw the Queen of England! Well, let me back track a bit. Today was our group trip to Edinburgh. When we first got there the rain was clearing up so we decided to climb up a giant green hill (in the middle of Edinburgh–a bit strange) called Arthur’s Seat. The views were amazing. As we were snapping pics on top of this mountain it starts to absolutely down pour. Since we were so high up the wind was whipping us in the face and bending our umbrellas. We decided it would be our best bet to just try and make it down the hill. After slipping on the mud the whole way down we get to the bottom and of course the rain immediately stops. Our luck. We walked back to a main street and cursed our luck. We’d only been in Edinburgh for an hour and it wasn’t looking good. We approached a large estate (we later found out it was Holyrood Palace) and saw a group of about 15 or 20 people looking inside the gates so we wandered up to see what they were looking at. And…there she was, the Queen, getting into her car. We then watched her car approach and drive away. I was so close and I couldn’t believe I was actually looking right at the Queen in the flesh! To calm ourselves down we visited the Fudge House and had the most amazing fudge ever. Highland Cream flavored and it was the creamiest fudge ever–it put Mackinaw Island to shame. Next we saw the sites of Edinburgh–Parliament (a bizarre modern building), Edinburgh Castle, walked the Royal Mile and visited the National Museum of Scotland (such a cool place). After all the walking we were ready for lunch. Since it’s the 4th, we visited an amazing pulled pork place named Oink and had barbecue Scottish style. The sauce was sweet and tangy and it was topped with haggis. By the time we finished eating we slowly wandered back to where our buses picked us up and ventured back to Stirling. My day was insane. 

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