Today (Thursday) I climbed Arthur's Seat, which is a high hill formed by the now-dormant volcano. It was quite a hike, but it was totally worth the view when we got to the top. It was beautiful and very windy and cool. I felt quite good about myself for getting up there.
Afterwards, I went a had a good Scottish lunch with Janna. She got breakfast which here includes beans, toast, a fried egg, a cooked tomato, delicious sausage and some strange bacon. I got a sandwich I've seen on several menus around here, so it must be popular. It's called Coronation Chicken, and it's chicken in a sort of mustard-mayonnaise sauce, put on bread ad grilled. It, like EVERYTHING here, came with chips (fries). It was pretty good, kinda like a chicken salad/potato salad hybrid as far as taste. Then Janna and I took a bus around and went shopping at the nice grocery store. Walking around everywhere has completely tired me out! We settled in and I cooked dinner, and then we went to a ceiliedh (pronounced kay-lee), which is a traditional Scottish dance. It was SO fun! It's almost done in groups and it includes a lot of swinging, do-si-doing, walking under arches of other couples' arms and running through two parallel lines of couples facing each other. After that we were exhausted, and Janna and I came home and watched Becoming Jane, which is already out on DVD here. Tomorrow we plan to go to the Scottish parliament with a boy from Aberdeen who we met during the Edinburgh Castle visit. It has been really exciting and obviously quite beautiful so far!
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