Belated Post on Edinburrrrrr-ahhhhh!

I would like to formally apologize for my pitiful presence in the blog world lately. I guess when you spend all day trying to convince your professors that you are brilliant, you run out of steam to do it on the internet. At this point, I cannot be bothered to do a full post on Edinburgh, so I will tell the story in photos. Like a picture book! I apologize. This is the most my mind can summon at this point.
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This is our giddy happiness to finally have arrived in Edinburgh after a grueling 10-hour HOT coach ride. From left to right, we have Bisma, Vania, Emily, Huong, Laura, me, and Johnny. This was supposed to be a "girl's photo" but Johnny jumped in at the last minute. When he found out our scheme, he said "What? This is sexistic!" That is why I am cackling.


We were all quite giddy the first night in Edinburgh. Even though everything was dark, the lights were a perfect teaser and excited us for the next day's explorations. Later, my friend Laura would buy a street artist's painting of Edinburgh at night because it reminded her of that first fun night.


This is a street off of the Royal Mile. To get the flavor.


Laura and I had a delicious lunch at this "literary" restaurant where J.K. Rowling among others wrote while nursing a cup o' joe. We sat there for a long time trying to harness some of that divine inspiration for our papers... not sure it worked...


Edinburgh castle behind us.


This is a view of "modern" side of the city with the loch behind. The loch is called the "Firth of Forth" which was hilarious to hear Johnny try to pronounce.


William Wallace was there! To remind us that they will never have OUR FREEEEDOM!!!!

A view of Arthur's Seat from the Castle. The others hiked this the next day while Laura and I were being nerds in the Museum of Scotland. I kind of regret not going because it sounded amazing.


The Castle again.


We saw these guys! Adorable little chessmen that are among the oldest artifacts in Scotland. Their little faces were so cute!


On Saturday we went to a night club. Which I have determined are the same everywhere.


Happy Amber. ALBEIT COLD AMBER!

So there you have it folks. They say a picture's worth a thousand words, so I hope these images are a suitable replacement for the vivid imagery and charming description of my regular posts. Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Save me some pie!....not joking.