Day trip to Edinburgh! 01.11.11

Finishing class early, we jumped on the train and went to Edinburgh (1hr)
First Impression? Big old city. It wasn't like Glasglow where most buildings were in the modern glassy box style and it wasn't like St. Andrews where buildings were one levelled and old dark bricks. Edinburgh was full of tall classic beautiful and detailed brick buildings with large windows and was beautiful. It made me realise just how small Dundee was, which I hadn't really thought about before.

We saw an ad for a free walking tour at the back of a free tourist map but we waited and no guide came =[ It also said "best free walking tour in Europe". But there were lots of walking tours, most of them costs money though. Instead we walked about Princess Street which had all the usual franchise shops, and up the Royal Mile which was mostly food and souvenir/wool/cashmere shops until we were at the top of the hill at the entrance of the Edinburgh castle. It was a beautiful view from the top, which was even more amazing with the sunset.

We didn't go in as it required an overpriced ticket, so we made our way down the Royal Mile, visited a souvenier shop which was huge on the inside and was very decorative. It even showed the machine (very loud) making the tartan patterned cloth.

In the evening, which was the main reason we came to Edinburgh, we went to the Playhouse Theatre and watched "Sister Act the Musical". It was brilliant!! When we went in all the staff, even guys and bartenders where dressed in nun costumes! There were some Sister Act stuff for sale but hugely overpriced ($6 for a keyring, $40 for a t-shirt) The Musical itself left me speechless. All the characters were fantastic, and it was nice how each actor corresponded to a character in the movie so well. The music were great, and the little jokes they added in was halarious! (My fav one was when the Delores opened the gift and held up the big blue coat and her friend said "looks like someone shot a smurf!") The background, props and costume were wonderful, I loved how at the end all the characters came back with a sparkling costume, sparkling nuns, pope and policeman for a grand finale.