Day 24
Woke up to a freezing room in the hostel we were staying at. The one good thing was that we yet to have any new roommates so it was not too bad but very cold! After I put on some cloths and went to the bathroom I went to get breakfast with Krista. We both had some tea (I was so sad it was a tea bag. Who wants to drink tea dust when you could have loose leaf!?!) and toast with jelly and jam. It was not gourmet but it was decent for a pound and fifty pence. Turns out one side with butter and the other with jam is not too bad. After breakfast I went to go brush my teeth and meet up with the other girls. We then headed on this bit of a hike to find out where to go to this meeting place for a FREE 3 hour tour. I swear it does not matter how much I walk everyday I never seem to be able to catch up! I'm a really slow walker and I think I need more practice because I never get to go any faster! I love Scotland but the hills were just killing me! I hope my legs look GOOOOOOOOOOD after this trip! After about a 20 minute walk we did find the Starbucks that we had to meet in front of to go on the free tour. Krista, Jordan, Amanda and Vikki all went inside to get some drinks and or a little bit to eat. I decided to wait outside. I then noticed we had to do a little check in to make sure we could get on the tour. The tour guides gave me 5 tickets. When the tours were about to head off they announced the ticket numbers and it turns out me and Krista were suppose to be in a different tour group. We decided to keep our mouth shuts and stay with the group with the other girls because we did not want to separate from them so shush! Turns out a tour group with more than 30 people is illegal in Scotland. Did not know that but I was not going to separate from my friends, we came together and we planned to stay together. Ironically our tour guide was not Scotish, he was from Manchester which meant he was a Manchester fan. It was really funny because in my head I could see Rob (British Pop Music teacher) to F*ck off. I found it amusing. Not going to lie I did not think our tour guide was bad looking at all. He had blue eyes, dark brown hair, maybe 5'5 and his name was Mark. He gave us a good tour and time literally flew. I did not even realize we had been walking around for 3 hours. I was surprised at how much I learned and how I still remember most of the stories now (it's Monday). By the way if you really want to learn more of the back story for Harry Potter I suggest you go to Edinburgh, Scotland not London. After the tour was over they ended at this little pub. We decided we would all grab a bite to eat. I ended up trying haggis. If you want to try it I suggest not looking at how its made or whats in it unless you have a food allergy or are vegetarian. The reason why is that it might take away from whether you enjoy it or not. I pretty much ate mine all up and I actually enjoyed it. It's really not that bad! Just like blood pudding it sounds worse then it really is. After lunch we decided we would do some shopping and take it easy for the day since later on we planned on doing a pub crawl. We went into some stores and I bought a blue sweatshirt that says Edinburgh, Scotland and I got some scarves and split the cost of wool socks with Krista. It was quite an eventful shopping day. After we finished up we decided to head back to the hostel. Thank goodness we got to go DOWN more hills rather then walking up then. I was not looking forward to walking back up them later that night. When we got back I decided to take a shower because I was feeling kinda icky. I was not a fan of the showers since you had to keep pressing it and waiting for it to get warmer. At least the shower room was hot. It was actually pretty funny because that day we were on the tour and our tour guide told us this story about one area in a cemetery that was said to be haunted by a ghost and how people leave with cuts, bruises, nausea and etc. Right when I got out of the shower I knew my legs had been dry for a while but it never bothered me. When I got out of the shower I saw these red patches on both of my legs with minor cuts, feeling as if I had been sunburned. It was really creepy because that never happened to me and of all the times to happened it happened that day. I was like dammit the ghost got me! hah. Ok now lets get to the pub crawl. We decided to leave around 6ish pm to grab some dinner at a place called Wanna Burger. I just got some chips (fries) and a cheese burger with tap water. It was pretty good and then we headed back on our way to the meeting area for the pub crawl. Big hill. Not happy. But shockingly we had arrived there earlier then we expected. A pub crawl is basically a tour in which the tour guides take you to about 6 or 7 pubs and then end off at a night club. We got some free drinks and some good deals on drinks in each pub. We were waiting inside our meeting place which was Bank Bar. We found out that tonight the tour was mostly Americans and our tour guides were of course not from Scotland but Canada and Ireland. It was fun. The first pub we chilled in our little group, the five of us until we had to leave. I cannot remember any of the pubs names but I think I had at least one drink from each or a few sips meaning I didn't completely drink 7 drinks. At first it was just the five of us talking to one another and then at one pub it changed. We all started talking to each other and randomly talking to other people. When I was getting a drink I noticed the girls were talking to the young man who was extremely tall. I had to ask how tall he was and he was 6'8! I was like dayum do I feel short right now! I found out he was from Germany and he seemed pretty cool. We were talking for a bit and next thing I noticed was this guy in front of me signing with his fingers. I could not understand all of it (I'll tell you why in a minute) but I KNEW it was sign language. I tapped him on the shoulder and asked if he was signing. He was like yea. Use to being a deaf education major of course I freaked! The best part was that he told me he is a deaf studies major from Ireland and that he was using Irish Sign Language. I had died and gone to heaven! A new type of sign language I had never seen or even thought about! We started signing with eachother for a bit (obviously talking since American and Irish sign language are two completely different things with a few of the same signs). If that wasn't enough he ended up asking for my digits. I was happy because for once I did not have to ask and he is older then me by a month and a half. I was so excited. He ended up showing me another girl who knows Norwegian Sign Language. Not going to lie I was dying inside of pure joy. I seriously want to learn more types of sign language when I got older besides ASL (American Sign Language) because it would be so cool to travel to all the different places and be able to communicate with people of a different language. Seriously high schools you should offer this!!!!! One of the clubs we went to was called the Frankenstein club. They gave us a shot in a test tube and it was pretty good. It was known for having Frankenstein come down from the ceiling but to be honest it was not as amazing as I thought I would be and even then I had some alcohol in my system and wasn't entertained as much by it. But it was still fun and we were all dancing. Soon enough we got to our last spot a dance club and basically what happened was we danced the night away. Some random stories would include that when I was checking my coat with Krista this one guy asked me if I had a boyfriend and I said no Im single. He told me his friend thought I was cute so I asked him how old he was. He told me 31. Knowing I had given away I was single and probably the fact that he thought I was straight I decided to make sure he would leave me alone by saying Im sorry but Im a lesbian. It worked because they left me alone. But nothing more exciting really happened after that we just danced, danced and danced. The smoke they were doing was getting annoying because it was getting hard to breath and hard to see. We ended up heading back at around 2-3 am. Turns out that tour had been about 6 hours long and it really is worth the money. It was a lot of fun and I know I will have many memories from that night. Once again I met no one from Scotland but it was cool.
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