Lost in London

Okay, so I'm finally here at my hostel. Finally. Gosh. Everything was peachy this morning... Got to the airport on time, flight only took an hour, took the London Express from London Stansted to Victoria Station... And then I got lost. Wandered around Victoria Station for almost an hour, stopping to get food at Burger King before I finally found the Info Centre. Asked them how to get to King's Cross and they directed me to the Victoria Line which is underneath the Victoria Station. So, anyway, got on the Victoria Line, got off at King's Cross/St Pancras and then realized that I'd forgotten to write down the street my hostel was on. Durrr... I bought a map, asked several random people on the street/in restaurants/at newspaper stands before I found another hostel that said Journey's Hostel was on Caledonian Street. So I finally get here after being lost in London for almost three hours. I'm really tired and have come down with some sort of cold so I think I'm just going to stay in this area and not go to any museums today. I'll be going to see Wicked tonight at the Apollo Victoria and then tomorrow I'll hit as many museums as I can before my trip on the London Eye at 7:30.

Some guy from Ireland came in to get his bag (there are lockers right next to the computers) and was talking to me about something, though I couldn't tell what he was saying half the time! I can understand Scottish accents now but some thick Irish accents are so hard to make sense of!

Alright, I'm gonna get out and walk around a bit, see if I can get rid of this headache. Ciao!

Isle of Skye and London

So, last weekend I traveled up to the Isle of Skye in western Scotland and it was ahh-mazing! Go here to see 50 or so of my pictures (I took 290 including videos). The first two days were solid sunshine, though a wee bit windy, and the third was pouring rain the entire way back to the 'burgh. That was alright by all of us, however, because we were exhausted from the first two days of the Skye trip. While on Skye I hiked around lighthouses, 16th century houses and brochs, sampled the local ales and whisky, and generally got to know everyone on the minicoach. If you're ever in Scotland, I very highly suggest you take a trip with Rabbie's Trail Burners; they are fantastic!

Tomorrow morning I head down to London for a weekend full of museums, theatre and sightseeing! I had to splurge a little and get a plane ticket because the rail workers in Scotland are on strike and the trains are barely running at all. So, that means that I can be in London in an hour and a half after leaving Edinburgh and get started on my adventures. The hostel I'm staying at near King's Cross Station supposedly has internet access so I'll see if I can post from there.

Hope y'all are having a great start to the month of March!

New pictures!

New pictures have now been added to my picture site from last weekend's tourist day out! Here's a couple of my favorites:

This is looking down the Royal Mile from the top of Camera Obscura (right near Edinburgh Castle).

And this one is looking out over all the chimneys!

Tomorrow morning I'm off to the Isle of Skye... Have a great weekend y'all!