Day Sixty-Six:: SCOTLAND

First things first, when you hear Scottish accents from popular media, they are not exaggerated.  Scots really talk like that with. every. word. emphasized.  They can also be very hard to understand, so I did not gain much from the short guided tour we received at Edinburgh Castle.  But she was wearing plaid pants! How much more Scottish can you get?

So this is a cemetery for dogs that have served in war.  I had to fight back
tears because I MISS MY DOG.

If you out your castle on an elevated area of land it helps with protection,
it also makes for really good views when the castle later becomes a
big tourist attraction.

I was not dressed for a hike, despite that I was already wearing my "trail shoes" which I just use as my shoes every day, resulting in the tread wearing thin.  But I ended up hiking to Arthur's Seat, where Scotland was dedicated for the preaching of the gospel in 1840 by Orson Pratt and was also a place in which he would often come to pray.

I probably looked like I was dying, as I was in a sweatshirt and it was not that cold once you started climbing a mountain and so this one man thought he would need to give me some hints on my hiking techniques as he made his way down the slope.  I was embarrassed throughly.

But I made it and was not dead and I am so glad because the view from the castle was nothing compared to the view on the top of that mound.

Twas sunny, thus making the sweatshirt I was wearing a valid issue

I have been in the UK for what?.. sixty-six days now? Well I still haven't been to a pub or had fish and chips.  So, after realizing how absurd that is, I changed it and joined some super cute girls that were/are really nice and let me come with them.  Finally, I had devoured some authentic fish and chips!

#foodie status

Andrea and I both super excited for the food we are
about to devour, obviously

So apparently it is a Scottish thing to deep-fry a MARS bar.  Of course we had to try it.  Of course I liked it, I mean sugar and breading should probably be the staples of everyone's diets anyways, so combining the two is a brilliant idea.

It looks like a tempura sushi roll, but it is a MARS bar

TTYL,
Kelsie