Saturday: Part 2 The museum would have been enough for the day, but we were still had a whole bunch of places to go. We headed to Camera Obscura and the Whisky Heritage Experience after the museum, but we couldn't do both because it was so late in the day. We agonized over the decision for a few minutes before heading into Camera Obscura. This 4 story building has had a camera mounted on top of it for almost 50 years. There was a neat demo before we saw...

Saturday was our free day and we were determined to make it count. We planned out a full day and got an early start so that we could do as much as possible. I traveled with Kelsey, Rose, Katie, and Brian. We caught the bus from Bread St., where we were able to visit a local thrift store while we waited (much more expensive there than here). When the bus arrived, we rode right to the Royal Mile and walked down to the palace, called Holyroodhouse. Major de...

Yay! Day one has arrived and we finally get to visit Stevenson College. We used our nifty new bus passes to ride the bus to college (and anywhere else in the city, for free!) and had 2 sessions in the morning, with Hamish and Dorothy. Hamish was really funny, discussing myths and perceptions about Scotland. One thing he told us was that Scots fought with short swords, rather than the long swords we see depicted in Braveheart. He said they tried to wound opponents...

Well, we've finally arrived in Scotland. Our flight was delayed for 3 hours at JFK, but we got free food vouchers and played cards until it was time to board. We finally got to Dublin and sprinted through the airport and security (with the help of a very nice airport employee) to make it in plenty of time for our connecting flight to Edinburgh. We got a bus to our hotel and checked in. Yay! We had fish and chips for dinner, at a restaurant not far from our hote...