The city at night, looking across the train station
We went up to Scotland for the Fringe
Fest which happens every year, days of performers and shows on
everywhere in Edinburgh. We went specifically for a show with Nine
Inch Nails and Foofighters which was AWESOME! I love Trent Reznor!
Jim and I saw NIN in London at the Brigston Academy when they were
here a few months ago and it was great so we thought we'd go see them
again, besides Jim wanted to see Foofighters. I'd actually forgotten
how many good songs Foofighters had so... to the point, the concert
was great and we had a blast. We also went around the city and saw
the sights, the castle on the hill and Mary King's Close which is a
grouping of old buildings that were built over when the city leveled
up the main street.
The city at night, past the cream colored building to the left you can see the castle up on the hill
Apparently it is one of the oldest examples of
sky scrapers in the world, and it's supposed to be haunted, not that
I saw any ghosts though. And, 'sniffle' 'sob', they don't allow
personal photography, so I was a bit heart broken. But, it's like a
bunch of small cellars with little lighting and no windows so I could
see where you wouldn't want a bunch of people with flash photography
walking around small places with uneven floors. It was cool though,
so if you ever make it up there, definitely see it if you like creepy
things with a bit of history. We took the train up and back so it
was a bit long from London, like 5 hours but first class has power
sockets so we took the laptops and watched some movies. Man I love
technology. Our hotel was the Glass House, which was 5 stars and
'modern' it was all like an art deco nouveau which was a bit odd, but
super nice, they put a scented thistle on our bed every night. It
was right next to the movie theater and a bunch of restaurants and
shops but enough off the main shopping area that it was quiet. It
was so close to the venue for the concert that we walked back, got
our 12,000 steps for the day that day ;) The city itself is great,
the shops are pretty much the same through out the UK but the
buildings are beautiful and it's easy to walk the whole city in a
couple of hours. There are a ton of amazing parks.
