Vivian in Europe: Vivian Goes to Edinburgh

Edinburgh is definitely tied with Prague for my favorite European city. Within the first hour, I was more than impressed. It has one of the best, if not the best, Old Town. The architecture is amazing to say the least. Edinburgh is pretty small. Everything is within walking distance, which is so refreshing after being in Paris and London. I prefer Edinburgh over London. It's just so quaint and lovely. And it really has a rich history. Edinburgh is actually built on top of another city. When people were sick during the plague, they just threw them down into the underground city. Because of this and other reasons that I don't know of, Edinburgh is considered the most haunted city in Europe. They have a lot of "ghost" tours at night. I wanted to take one but it's November and it's Scotland, which means it's extremely cold. I got lucky and had really great weather during the day though. I'm not gonna write a lot because I'm extremely tired. I had to wake up at 5 AM this morning to catch a flight to Dublin. But Edinburgh is seriously a wonderful city. I absolutely love it there.

Salisbury Crags

Parliament building

Old Town

Kilts and bagpipes... can't get any more Scottish than this

Calton Hill

Edinburgh Castle is on the right

Waverley Train Station

Edinburgh Castle

City Council

If a person was caught for petty theft, they would be nailed to that door for 24 hours... they can either serve the 24 hours and have people walk by and throw things at them or they can cut their sentence shorter by pulling their ear, ripping off a piece of it

Since this is where people used to pay taxes, it is tradition to spit on this heart... sometimes, men who don't know of this tradition get down on one knee to propose... GROSS!