Post #6 Edinburgh, Scotland Day 2

Our second day in Edinburgh started out with a bang! Meghan and Emily decided to try blood pudding for break fast! Surprisingly they both actually didn't hate it. After our 'Fear Factor' breakfast, the whole group headed over to Edinburgh Castle. What a view!! From the top of the castle you could see the whole town! After wandering around the castle for a little while we made our way down High street. This is the main shopping area in the city. I have never seen so many wool shops in my life! every store we went in had an overwhelming amount of wool and cashmere scarves accompanied by an array of Scottish trinkets. At the first store we went into Cory was the brave one that sampled haggis. Dakota and i almost gagged just watching him but he loved it and continued to eat it throughout the trip. The shopping experience was topped off by the large selection of funny hats to try on. My person favorite was a highland cow hat that i posed for many pictures in. After shopping we went to a Chinese buffet for lunch. I don't ever remember eating so much food at a buffet before. After lunch we went for a walk up to the top of this giant hill to see the 1/8 replica of the Parthenon. This walk however turned into a mini jackass movie. Bivens was dared to roll down the giant hill and in trying to help him, Jeff accidentally fell down the hill and actually ended up rolling father. he even still had the video camera rolling so we got the funniest angle of the little endeavor. After a quick picture on the 1/8 Parthenon, we went to check out the mall for a little bit. Here i discovered my love for Guinness flavored gummies. After the mall we all went back to the hotel to rest before our ghost tour that night. At around 8 we headed out to get a ghost tour or Mary King's Close. This was the remains of the old city that had been built over. The tour itself wasn't all the scary but everyone being on edge made it a little unnerving. After the tour a small group of us that wanted diner went on a hunt for food. This reminded me of our first night in Dublin when we learned food isn't really served past 9. Eventually we ended up eating at the Italian place that the boys had eaten at the night before. It was sooo good and actually very cheap since they did student discounts. After dinner the same smaller group of us went to a pub for a drink. we all only ended up having one drink though because the pub that we chose turned into a 90's club type place and we all kept dozing off because we were so tired. Overall i really liked Edinburgh but i wish we had more time in Scotland to see more of the city and to go exploring around the country.