Edinburgh and more

Carla & I rode Peter, the Peugeot all the way up to Edinburgh Friday night. I cut outta the office early, and met Carla down at the car hire place to pick up our rental. We were both a little anxious, but I agreed to be the main driver, and that made Carla feel a little better. I am not sure why, but it did.

The drive took us quite awhile. It approximately 600km to Edinburgh, but we hit some heavy traffic which delayed us a bit. It was a good thing we got off earlier than we had planned. The driving wasn't as nerve racking as I thought. Sure, it was weird and awkward, but as time went on, you got use to be in the right side of the car and on the other side of the road. Plus, the motorways were pretty much doubled the whole way, so that made it real easy. The real challenge came when we enter different towns, villages, and cities. We were constantly reminding ourselves, 'wide turn right, sharp turn left.' We had a lot of fun in the city limits of Edinburgh, and even more fun in downtown. We haven't crashed (yet). No one has even honked at us. I think we are doing pretty good.

Hiring a car was a great idea, and we are both glad we did. We have seen much more than we would have otherwise.

To start things off this morning, we went to Edinburgh Castle. I was pretty awestruck, and could have spent the rest of the day there. However, Carla (Miss Pro/Amatuer Golfer) wanted to visit St. Andrews, the home of golf. So, we hopped into Peter and drove out to St. Andrews. We stopped off at a used bookstore that was closing out, and I picked up a few books on for 50P. I just couldn't resist the 'choose your own adventure' that was sitting on the shelf.

Earlier in the day, we had popped into a whiskey store in Edinburgh, and we ended up talking to one of the clerks who gave us free tickets to a distillery. Clara had wanted to go on a tour, and this was the perfect opportunity. Tullibardine Distillery was located in Blackford, so once we were done at St. Andrews we were back on the road to Blackford. Our driving excersion took us through various villages and farm areas. The area is green, hilly, and covered with white dots (sheep), and the roads were pretty winding and narrow. It was fun!

However, we got to the distillery and they had already started the last tour of the day, so we were outta luck. So we hopped back into Peter, and headed back to Edinburgh for supper.

Carla picked Creelers Seafood Restaurant for supper, so we headed back downtown. We both had salmon. It was delicious.

We are back at the hostel, and we are both pretty tired. I am not sure what we will for the rest of the night, but it isn't gonna be hectic. Tomorrow we are going to do a city tour, check out the shops and then head back to Oxford.

I am having so much fun.