We got there at 7am I believe and we were very tired (Sleeping on the bus is never a fun task). We got there and we were going to meet our first couch-surfing hosts at 3pm so we had some time to kill. We threw our bags into a 24-hour locker and headed out to walk around Edinburgh. It still was quite dark and we wanted to wait until it got a bit lighter out so we found a Costa Coffee and chilled out for a few hours. I personally took a few naps during that period of time.
Once it got light out we started walking around Edinburgh. The town is kinda split up into this Old Town/New town Set up. There really wasn't much of interest in the New town, except some random shops - so we headed over to the Old town. We were basically walking around randomly for awhile, We went up to the Edinburgh Castle - Which had a BEAUTIFUL view!
We then went through a few shops and walked around aimlessly until we spotted the a Tour host for those free Walking tours we went on in Dublin and London. So we Jumped in the middle of that tour saw multiple things including the Grass Market which was named that because they used to sell hay there. but there was a bunch of cool shops are there. There were a lot of bars there that had really interesting names like "The Last Drop" and "Betty Mulligans" Which both had to do with the fact that outside of these bars is where they used to hang people - So the Last drop was the place people would go to get there last drink (or drop) before they went to go get hung and have another (Last drop) Hah - get it?
And there are alot m ore stories, but I dont really feel like posting anymore - so if you're interested I'm sure you can find them on google - if you want.
Then we went up to a cemetery, Discussed some random stories about the people who were buried there and then Greyfriars Bobby - which is a story of a dog who stayed by his masters grave for 14 years then died shortly after. However they ended up making a Pub after this Dog as well as creating a statue of the Dog. Lets just say - I want a dog like that.
So yea - the tour ended with a story of THE STONE OF DESTINY...Which took the tour guide 20 minutes to tell...so if you're interested - again ... google it -hahaha
After that point we met up with our Couchsurfing buddies, got some Coffee/Tea and chilled out watching TV/ Playing video games for the rest of the night
The Next day we went Hiking around Edinburgh - It was fun. I like hiking Here are some photos... (haha - i really don't know what else to say...haha)
The next day we just relaxed at the Flat for a bit - Played Video Games/ Watched a movie and did our laundry...Oh and we decided to buy a crappy guitar for the trip (More of Nathan's decision than mine but Meh - I dont mind having a guitar around)
That night we went and got some drinks with our hosts - I'm starting to realize that casually getting drinks with people in europe is kind just part of the culture out here...its not as much of as going out to get drunk but just to relax and enjoy being with the people here.
Our Bus was the next day... which.was fun, because we missed it.
Side-note - We ended up getting a Eurolines Pass- Which allows us to travel via bus as much as you want to select places around europe for 30 days. However, Eurolines Subcontracts bussing companies in some places like the UK and Ireland. Well in the UK they use National Express. So I gave them a call and asked them to book us to Paris. They do that and we get on a bus later that night at 2200 - So we just spent that day just chilln' in coffee shops until we needed to go to the Bus station.
We get to London, only to realize that National Express really screwed up our tickets and we couldn't get on our bus because it wasn't one of those *selected* places stated on the Eurolines pass. So we had to book another bus to Paris from London. Which this time we were able to book directly through Eurolines and bypass National Express which actually allowed us to get into Paris at 2130 not 2230 even though we had to leave London at 1200 not 700...which is weird - but whatever.
So we finally get to paris and wondered around a bit before finding a hostel (Per usual).
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