Never Been This Sore Before!

Yesterday, I went on a tour of the university, climbed a mountain, and explored Edinburgh at night.

Today, I am tired.

Climbing is exciting!

View from the top

An overview of Edinburgh from the top of Arthur's Seat

Who's the better jumper?

Arthur's Seat is beautiful

J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book in the restaurant upstairs!

See where she got the name? This is a block away!

Out and about

I look like a 1960s flight attendant...

Random facts:

• The newspapers here are two-thirds filled with football news.
• I haven’t seen many men wearing the modern-day kilts, and I haven’t quite decided yet if I like them or not.
• Produce here is so much worse than it is in So Cal! And they eat a lot of sausage here! And pies. They also seem to love baked potatoes and kebabs.
• The Scots haven’t been very hard to understand so far. I feel like my accent makes me stand out.
• So many amazing sites here are free for students- score! We’re going to Fife and St. Andrews this weekend.
• The school has been around forever, but not much has survived of the original structure. Some famous past students: J.K Rowling, Charles Darwin, Eric Liddell (Chariots of Fire), Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Adam Smith, and David Hume. The university is especially proud of Liddell- his statue and his name are everywhere!
• I’ve only seen two Starbucks and one McDonalds. Thank God.