Well we made it to a new city, Edinburgh, but first let's go through the rest of London. Another side note that may cause disappointment: I forgot to mention that neither Kekik nor Yellow Cafe are still in existence. Sad. Anyways, we went on a free walking tour on Wednesday which covered three different palaces and a bunch of Royal stuff. Did you know: Buckingham Palace was originally just a house for the Duke of Buckingham but was sold to the Royal family in the 1700s for 28,000 pounds? The previous mayor of London gave pigeons birth control in Trafalgar Square to control their population? Captain Nelson (the guy in Trafalgar Square) died abroad and when his body was being shipped back to the UK, it was stored in a barrell of brandy; but the sailors got thirsty and drank it (hence the term "a stiff drink"). I won't bore you with anymore history lessons, but both of us actually wrote things down since it would otherwise be forgotten by now. We got some fish & chips for dinner and went to a pub called The Crown where we were hostily kicked out at 11pm (more like 11:20, hence the angry pub owner).



Today we took a train to Edinburgh, after being ripped off by the London tube (4 pounds for one way? Ridiculous, I am still bitter). We are staying in a nice little hostel in the New City called Bus Station Backpackers; it only has 18 beds and is very homey and cozy. We had lunch at Sainsbury (this is the smart thing to do: go to Tesco or Sainsbury and buy the sandwiches for 1.20 pounds and eat a 4 course meal for under $5). Our experience after lunch tested our strength and will power, because we, the laziest and most unathletic people, went on a hike. Yes. It is true. We hiked up this huge crag (think GUTS) to Arthur's Chair (only we didn't actually make it all the way to the top. We stopped and sat, which then killed our drive). But it was a very nice hike, because the weather is actually nice (shocking). Edinburgh is a very small city and very old. It's exciting because neither of us have been here, so we have things to explore. Tomorrow we will do another free tour (we are cheap) and tonight we are going on a pub crawl. Until sometime...adios.