My Dream Come True: Scotland, I'm in Scotland!!!

I found myself a Scottish man. Also, look at my
cute Eiffel Tower umbrella. I get a little excited
when it rains because I get to use it.

Congratulations to my lovely mother for winning the chocolate. You’re going to love it!

So any guesses on our last adventure? I’ll give you some hints. We left England, saw a castle, it has large hills and cliffs, some men wear skirts and we heard bagpipes. That last one gave it away…we went to Scotland!

A couple days ago I was sitting on the train when I saw we didn’t have anything planned for the last two days of our trip. I then looked at the map and thought I’ll never be this close to Scotland again and I should take advantage of every opportunity here. Look how spontaneous I am : )

We went up to Edinburgh, Scotland for the day. Going to Scotland meant a lot because my ancestors are Scottish. When we arrived it was raining sheep and cows (I made that up because cats and dogs doesn’t describe how hard it was raining. You need bigger animals.) I was a little distraught because we were getting soaking wet. There were puddles of water in my shoes. We were lucky and the rain lightened up and stopped a couple times. I guess the rain gave us a true Scottish experience.

We mostly explored the Royal Mile. This is a mile with large buildings, shops, churches, and museums. The architecture of Edinburgh was my second favorite with Paris coming in first. Every building had character. I loved the dome buildings, stone wet and darkened from rain, and Roman influence of the buildings.

Scotland National Gallery had Raphael, Van Gogh, Monet, Cezanne, and others. I now realize Van Gogh is my favorite artist. I love seeing his paintings in person. I always look at them from the side to see the thick paint strokes. I also love all the circle motions in his paintings because it makes them come alive. His art really is amazing! When we walked around there were bagpipe players on the street. When I hear bagpipes my heart starts to beat fast and I feel like my soul comes alive. I don’t know if it’s because I’m Scottish or if it happens to everyone. I can’t believe I heard real bagpipe player in Scotland! I'm so glad we had the change to go here. It was an incredible experience to go to Scotland. I'm so lucky!!!!!

Highlight:

- Hearing strong Scottish accents. I would go up to locals and ask them questions I already knew the answer to so I could hear their accents.

- Hearing two girls sing opera on the street. They sounded like professional opera singers.

Lowlight:

Getting stuck in the train bathroom. I tried for almost a minute locking and unlocking the door and pushing as hard as I could to get out. I had a moment of panic and then I remembered it was a sliding door. Who knew jet lag could last six weeks :)