a trip to: edinburgh.

Please forgive me for abandoning this corner of the internet (yet again!) If you follow this blog's Facebook page you may have known that I attempted VEDA (video every day in august), although I didn't upload every day, I did create a video every day for 23 days... Yes, I still 'failed', however, I got ill and ended up coughing, sneezing and sleeping in bed for a couple of days, so decided to take a week and a half completely off, no blogs, no emails, no videos etc.
It worked out pretty well as my friend Kieron and I went on a trip up to Edinburgh and I was able to really enjoy a few days away with two of my best friends (cheesy but very true!). There was lots of music, long walks, late nights and laughter! 

Whilst we were there, we made the most of the last couple of days of Fringe, Sunday was spent exploring Edinburgh whilst also enjoying music and entertainment from some really talented people. Monday included a trek up to Arthur's Seat; the view from the top was beautiful and you could see 360° which is always a plus! We spent the afternoon chilling and decided on trying a deep fried mars bar between us, because we didn't fancy haggis... and we watched the ever eventful VMAs, then headed in the evening to watch the closing fireworks of Fringe etc. 
Tuesday, we headed out on a bus tour, which was a brilliant way to see the city as well as learn about the history behind everything. I knew there was a lot of history to Edinburgh, but I didn't realise quite how much. Well known people linked to Edinburgh include Rabbie Burns, Burke & Hare, investigations of Jekkyl & Hyde, Deacon Brodie, Sir Walter Scott, Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Darwin, James Young Simpson (discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform), as well as the wonderful story of Greyfriars Bobby and many more. In the evening, we headed out with Lai and Theo to support them at one of their local open mic nights, and it was really nice to hear a mix of 'open mic material', from different genres of music, spoken word, comedy etc. 
Our last day in Edinburgh, included an 'end of trip' breakfast at The Caffeine Drip, a South African cafe and bakery, which was delicious. Then headed home for about 12 hours... 

It was a really great trip overall and somewhere I really want to visit again, seen a couple of museums and places I would like to check out, like The Writers Museum, Dynamic Earth and one of their ghost tours, all of which looked/sounded really interesting. 

Aaaaaaaand as per, here's some of my favourite photos from the trip...

 

'til next time! 
- evan.