My jaunt to Edinburgh began with a ridiculous/terrifying bus trip. The driver, missing his two front teeth, was a barely functional alcoholic who dropped the c bomb twice before we'd left the bus depot and spent most of the trip rating the female passengers. When we arrived in Edinburgh with the streets packed with people heading to the rugby he took great pleasure in trying to mow down pedestrians. When he swiped a traffic cone and almost mounted the footpath we were fairly sure someone was going to die. No one did though so that was great.
Our accommodation choices were limited by the Scotland v Italy match so we had gone with the Guards Hotel, a military themed guest house. We were greeted by a creepily moustached receptionist with a Freemason ring, but the room wasn't bad. We headed to a pub pretty quickly to catch the end of the rugby.
When Scotland had finished annihilating Italy (us, Italy fans? Nah) we went exploring. Edinburgh castle looks lovely all lit up and the cheery bagpiper in a kilt nearby added to the ambience.
Dinner? Haggis. Wasn't too bad actually, when you stopped thinking about what was in it. Tom was slightly more enthusiastic than me.
After dinner we headed to the Stand comedy club and then for a traditional Scottish late night dessert (deep fried mars bars) before calling it a night.
Our goal for the next day was to climb to the top of Arthur's Seat, the highest hill overlooking Edinburgh where King Arthur used to hang out. It was bitterly cold and started snowing when we were about 20 minutes into the climb but definitely worth it.
We left Edinburgh after 24 hours to get back to Glasgow in time for Vietnamese New Year (Tet) at the Hanoi Bike Shop. Fantastic collection of Vietnamese treats finished with pho.
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