A Wee Bit of Haggi

Day 5- Today we went on a five hour train to Scotland. We started out in King’s Cross station, then made several stops on the way to Edinburgh. We held a sticker contest with Ellery’s stickers from Hamleys, and I won (obviously). Then I read a book on Dad’s Kindle. There were plenty of sheep around, and we could see the ocean! Ellery’s thoughts on the train: it was nice and fun! Anyways, we met up with Aunt Christie at the train station and we were in taxis headed to Prince Street Suites. Our suite is incredible-it’s very posh and modern, with three separate rooms for all of us. Our room has a TV and a view of a monument! It’s cheap as well. Our common room had a gorgeous view on the third floor, with lots of modern equipment. Ellery’s thoughts on the hotel: beautiful! awesome! Ellery and I had an adventure while trying to get to the fourth floor where the rooftop garden was located. We went down to the lobby and waited instead of going to the fourth floor. Oops! The rooftop garden was gorgeous, with a picnic spot and beautiful view. Then we started to walk down the Royal Mile, which has Edinburgh Castle on one end and The Queens residence on the other side. We tried to go to Edinburgh Castle, but we got there 5 minutes too late, and we missed it. I was rather relieved, but that’s just me. We went to a restaurant called Filling Station, where Dad made us try haggis. If you’re not familiar with haggis, it’s a traditional Scottish dish that contains multiple intestines and brains of animals. It was actually not that bad, but I wouldn’t eat it twice, that’s for sure! The food tasted like bricks, the waitress was inattentive (don’t pay attention to us, we’re just the paying customers) and the credit card slot didn’t even work. Oh, and there was a spill all over my favorite sweats! In the end, though, we survived, and we’re all the better for having tasted haggis!