Haggis, Neeps and Tatties
PUB COUNT: 48
SHOUT OUTS: Thanks for the advice on St. Martin's Cathedral, CVH. We'll be there!
We are currently in York, England, but I wanted to finish up with our experiences in Scotland first. The 2nd night out was a riot. We made friends with a bloke called "Daniel" who we kindly referred to as "Super Brit". We also partied with a Scottish family, The Churchills. The Mother (or Grandmother - we really don't know) Scot was the highlight of our evening, as she sang Jim Morrison songs, told dirty jokes and then at the end of the evening leans over to us and says in this very intoxicated and thick Scottish accent - "we're going on a puuuub crawl! - Do you Americans know what a pub crawl is?" We felt like we were in an episode of ABFAB.
We truly loved Edinburgh. We finished up the Royal Mile on our second full day and saw Holyrood Palace. The Old Town is definitely our favorite although the Georgian New Town does have a bunch of great pubs. We must have walked at least 5-6 miles every day and if it weren't for the cultural experiences in the pubs, we'd be supermodels when we got home.
We're doing a bit of York today and then off to London for our last day (and to celebrate Drakey's birthday!!) tomorrow. Today we did the Jorvik Viking Museum and although it was cheesy and largely geared towards schoolchildren, it was pretty neat to be in the site of an archeological dig. We have also walked the Shambles and seen the Minster Cathedral. The set up of York has changed remarkably little since the medieval times and it is very cool to be walking around in the town with the small rambling streets.
We're growing a bit homesick (well - we really just miss the puppies) and look forward to our reunion with them in a few days.
I'll leave you with one last observation:
The Brits do pubs, the Irish do pubs, and the Scottish? Well... they do Pizza Huts.
SHOUT OUTS: Thanks for the advice on St. Martin's Cathedral, CVH. We'll be there!
We are currently in York, England, but I wanted to finish up with our experiences in Scotland first. The 2nd night out was a riot. We made friends with a bloke called "Daniel" who we kindly referred to as "Super Brit". We also partied with a Scottish family, The Churchills. The Mother (or Grandmother - we really don't know) Scot was the highlight of our evening, as she sang Jim Morrison songs, told dirty jokes and then at the end of the evening leans over to us and says in this very intoxicated and thick Scottish accent - "we're going on a puuuub crawl! - Do you Americans know what a pub crawl is?" We felt like we were in an episode of ABFAB.
We truly loved Edinburgh. We finished up the Royal Mile on our second full day and saw Holyrood Palace. The Old Town is definitely our favorite although the Georgian New Town does have a bunch of great pubs. We must have walked at least 5-6 miles every day and if it weren't for the cultural experiences in the pubs, we'd be supermodels when we got home.
We're doing a bit of York today and then off to London for our last day (and to celebrate Drakey's birthday!!) tomorrow. Today we did the Jorvik Viking Museum and although it was cheesy and largely geared towards schoolchildren, it was pretty neat to be in the site of an archeological dig. We have also walked the Shambles and seen the Minster Cathedral. The set up of York has changed remarkably little since the medieval times and it is very cool to be walking around in the town with the small rambling streets.
We're growing a bit homesick (well - we really just miss the puppies) and look forward to our reunion with them in a few days.
I'll leave you with one last observation:
The Brits do pubs, the Irish do pubs, and the Scottish? Well... they do Pizza Huts.
posted by E-Rae | 3:45 AM
1 Comments:
Glad to hear that you had such a great time in Edinburgh! Oooh - I forgot about Viking museum, I loved it, but then again I love anything touristy and cheesy. I also went to this great place in the middle of town for high tea...great experience if you have time...although it significantly cuts into pub time.
Enjoy the rest of your trip and Happy Birthday Drake!
Monica
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