Last week I went to a few free museums in York. The National Railway Museum, the Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum. They were pretty cool and had a lot of neat things to see. Also, I didnt have to pay for them!

Sunday morning I left for Edinburgh, Scotland to see Stef again. I got into town around noon and around 2 or 3 I went with Stef and her flatmate Fiona to visit their friend who was leaving. We went to a pub called the Craigs for a bit before we headed down to another pub called Dropkick Murphys near the Grassmarket. After an interesting end to our fun in Dropkick Murphys we went into the Grassmarket to another pub before we went back to the flat.

Monday Stef and I wandered around Edinburgh. We went on a trail in the Princess Street gardens that rund near the castle and then we walked down Princess Street and looked in the shops. We ended up walking all the way down Leith Walk to the Ocean Terminal where the Royal Yacht Brittania is docked. We weren't quite planning on walking that far as we were in search of the Royal Bottanical Gardens. After a couple of rides on the city bus we finally made our way to the gardens.

Tuesday Stef and I were planning on taking a trip out to St. Andrews however, after we finally found the correct bus to take we discovered that it was a £10 trip so we decided to stay in Edinburgh. We took a £1 bus ride to Crammond to see if we could get to the island. On our way to the Forth we discovered the ruins of a Roman Fort. After making our way down to the water we found that the tide was out so we were able to walk out to the island. On our way there I got my shoe stuck in some muck. It was quite funny. Once we got to the island we wandered about and took a lot of pictures before the tide started to come in. Since the tide was coming in we had to start walking back to the mainland but not before wandering about on the sandy bit and touching the water. We took the bus back into Edinburgh and then went to a Chinese Buffet for dinner.

Wednesday was my last day in Edinburgh so we just wandered down to Princess Street and looked in some shops. To kill some time before my train we went into the National Gallery of Scotland. I was quite suprised at seeing some of the things in the collection there. It was great. Then I said goodbye to Stef and headed back on the train to York.

Today after getting some things taken care of before leaving it's a Pirates of the Carribbean marathon! Phil, Helen, Serena and I are going to watch the first two movies and get take away for dinner. When Kes gets back from school we're all going down to City Screen to see the new Pirates movie!