Today was our first full day in the UK! Most of us started feeling the effects of jet lag this afternoon sometime this afternoon, and although its only noon back home, its five thirty here and after being up all night coughing and (i think) with a fever, I'm already quite ready for bed.
We went on a whistle-stop bus tour of the city this afternoon, in gorgeous, if not warm, sunlight. Our tour guide, Will - who was in fact wearing a kilt, clearly had a thing for Sean Connery as he kept going on and on about him, trying to copy his accent. Still, as funny as he was, what with jet lag setting in and the warm bus and something soothing about bus rides, we were all half asleep until he drug us up this hill that overlooks the entire city, both Old Town and New Town (New, because it was designed in 1776). A couple shots that I got:
My favorite, the less-than-halfway completed Scottish version of the Parthenon; apparently they ran out of money but decided to keep it there anyway:
this is New Town, looking toward the North Sea:
And this is Old Town, with the castle in the left background:
That's all for now, I think. Tomorrow will be a great adventure of listening to programs and hopefully getting a change to explore a bit. Plus, I want to (possibly) take a quick nap before Skyping the family at 10.
It's all a little overwhelming at this point and after spending all of yesterday crying and today being ill I am definitely ready for bed. Maybe we'll hear bagpipes outside again while we're falling asleep.
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