EdinBRRRRRgh

The name says it all.

Brian and I had a few days before we needed to arrive in London, and decided that Edinburgh, Scotland would be a nice place to go. It was wonderful but the weather was awful on our only full day in town. We made an agreement before leaving that we weren't going to let things like that keep us locked up in our (most bizarre) hostel, so we set out anyway.

A warm welcome from Scotland... (Note the sarcasm.)














We started the day off visiting Camera Obscura, an amazing exhibit dedicated to light tricks and the unknown side of camera lenses. It was absolutely great. Essentially, the museum was a 5-story fun-house with distortion mirrors, 3D pictures, and all sorts of other oddities. Some highlights:

Edinburgh from the 2nd floor of Camera Obscura.

One of pictures in the 3D exhibit. It appeared black until you stood right in front of it.

The optical illusions were so much fun. We were the same size in that room...

This sign says, "If you are able to read this, you are standing too close to the wall." Joke's on us.












After Camera Obscura, Brian and I walked around and explored the rest of the city. We went up to the Edinburgh Castle, but made it as far as the gift shop before heading back to the hostel for warmth.

One of my old friends, Everitte Barbee, attends the University of Edinburgh and was kind enough to hang out with Brian and me while we were in town. He made us a lovely dinner and we had a great time drinking wine, catching up, and going out to meet some of his friends from school.

Everitte, thank you so much for everything during our stay. We had a great time and I hope to see you back in the States eventually!

I will admit I've been a bit lazy about updating my blog (obviously), so... on to the next post!

Caroline