i am a few days behind on my blogging, these pictures were actually taken a few days ago. tuesday night my dad and i left ireland for edinburgh, scotland. it was a long day of traveling because of course things don't always go right. our flight was only an hour but the process of getting to the airport, returning the rental car, checking bags in, security, waiting for our flight, getting our bags, getting the new rental car, took quite a while. it was even more difficult once we arrived in the city and had to figure out the new rental car and navigate ourselves to our hotel. it would have helped if our car had a built in gps system or an owners manual, but noooooo.... that would have been too easy.
my dad and i have gotten along great this trip, but i would be lying if i said we haven't had some tense moments. our first night in ediburgh was a little tense because it is a big city with a lot of people. my dad has done an awesome job driving on the right side of the road but that doesn't mean we haven't had some close calls. i tend to have little patience when i am tired or hungry. i was both of these tuesday night, and my dad was testing my patience for sure. it wasn't his fault of course, it was just the situation. we did make it to the hotel in pretty good time, so hats off to my dad and the gps system.
first off ediburgh is amazing. i was blown away within the first 5 minutes of being there. it is a big city saturated with people. it is crowded and colorful. there are so many different kinds of people and so much going on. i only wish we could have stayed there longer. there is so much to see and we barely scratched the surface. however, we did have a wonderful time and here are the pictures for you to enjoy!
Endinburgh Castle...
my dad really wanted a key chain with his name on it. this is what i mean about him being such a kid sometimes. he was set on getting one. he asked me to see if there was one with his name on it. after bending down i told him there wasn't. i guess my answer wasn't good enough for him so he got down on his hands and knees to check for himself.
The Tatoo
people from all over pack the arena for the tatoo. it is a show honoring the military. it has all kinds of preformers...dancers, acrobats, motorcyclists, singers, you name it. i wondered what all the fuss what about but after seeing it i can tesify that it was truly amazing.
