Sons of Scotland!

So Scotland...pretty much one of the coolest places ever.

Deidra, Josiah, and I flew in on last Thursday's afternoon, and got to our hostel as fast as we could, mostly because we were starving. What a fun night. Good food, good laughs, beautiful city, and a slice of some pretty phenomenal chocolate truffle cake.

Friday, we woke up and headed straight to Edinburgh Castle. It's a real shame America has no castles; they're pretty much amazing. Within the castle walls were tona of small gardens, memorials to Scottish soldiers, cannons on display, beautiful views of the city, and...the honopurs of Scotland (yeah, that's right, golden scepter, golden crown, other important items of the golden persuasion).

After that came a quick walk down the Royal Mile/Edinburgh High Street, and a stop at a small restaurant that served some delicious French Onion Soup and toasted bread. And then came Arthur's seat.

Picture a large undeveloped hill with a pathway up the side of it. Now picture that next this hill is a larger, more mountain-like one with a summit that gives an unobstructed view of the surrounding city of Edinburgh. Now picture all of that....at sunset. Yeah, it was pretty sweet.

The next day brought us a trip to see some of the architecture in the city, most of which we didn't know the names of. But it looked pretty cool. And of course we stopped at the obligatory tourist trap shop for all our Scottish needs.

That night Josiah and a had some drinks at a Scottish pub. Now that was pretty fun. We just sat around and talked. A good night, I must say.

Then we took a bus to Glasgow and proceeded to stay up the whole night to catch a flight into London, which we almost didn't make on account of showing up at the wrong airport inthe middle of the night. That was an...interesting experience.

But all in all a great, great trip. Again, I am overcome with how I am blessed.

--Brandon

"Ambition makes you look pretty ugly."