Magical Edinburgh

“You look a bit lost there, girls. Can I help?” First one, then another Scottish man came to help us find the way to the Smart at IQ apartments, it did not take them long time to point it out for us and we ran inside, hiding from the rain.

The next day it wasn’t raining and we had time to explore magical Edinburgh. It’s so cozy, it’s fantasy-like in so many ways. The way the houses are built, the castle on the top of the city and not to forget the Greyfriars graveyard that not only holds a beautiful story about a man and his dog, but also the names of Minevra McGonegal and Thomas Riddell? (Voldemort). It truly looks like something taken straight out of Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.

  

    Then we have the Elephant House, also heavily crowded around lunch time, so make sure to get there early. They have overpriced cakes, but also the best view of Edinburgh Castle and this was where Harry Potter first was written. Something they will make sure you know.
    There are several nice shops, secondhand stores, malls, streets, bridges, museums, parks and buildings to see in Edinburgh and we walked around half the city that day and listened to bagpipes (of course), but I could never tell you everything.

    In the evening we sat down on a bridge listening to a band called the The Spinning Blowfish, consisting of a drummer, a guitarist and a guy on bagpipes. They were good. They were awesome, and with the bagpipe and converse they caught the essence of Edinburgh.

Mari Clémentine