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Salisbury Crags (more!) My place as it was when I moved in, plus my street. Note the couch cushions on the bed. Palace of Holyroodhouse Around Edinburgh

The Hippie Hostel My place, as it was when I moved in (ew) Edinburgh Castle

Prologue:Fashion here, as I think I’ve said before, is a really strange thing. One of the bigger trends now is patterned tights. Stockings. Whatever you want to call them. But they have lacy patterns on them, generally, and a lot of women wear them. I’m not totally against it – it’s a clever new twist

Well. Well, well, well, well, well. Hm. I went to the Women’s Clinic and have myself a free appointment for Friday, thank you very much, Dr. Full Of Himself. Unfortunately it’s at 8:50am (damn it!) because I thought there would be the possibility that I’d be going to see Jamie and Hans that day, so

Must remember to pay rent tomorrow. Bleah. Paying rent. It was incredibly windy today. It was the kind of wind that you get at the seaside, which I suppose Edinburgh is. Blustery enough that it made you seriously reconsider the direction in which you were traveling. It was fantastically helpful when it was pushing you

Photos! London Wetland Centre More Wetland Centre Train ride to Edinburgh (TREES!) Edinburgh

Nothing terribly interesting. Yesterday I headed out to the grocery store only to get stopped by opera music eminating from the front of St. James Centre (a mall, for the curious). Turned out to be Bohème, a five-man man band, as they called themselves. They were doing sidewalk concerts to raise money for Save the

Now that I have a place to live my life has drastically achieved a startling amount of stagnancy. My big outing for the day was to go to the Gaughan exhibit at the Royal Scotland Gallery, or whatever it is they call it. Perfectly reasonable way to spend part of the day, except that I

There are so many things about this place that I just don’t understand. The weather report, for instance. Apparently there’s going to be a big influx of arrows over the weekend. A swarm of white arrows flying over the UK. And still the top story is Kate Moss and how she’s apologizing for doing cocaine.

Upon my return to Edinburgh I went to the tourist centre and got myself checked into a lovely hotel where, it turns out, the owners also have rooms for rent. Hello! I checked out two of them. The first was small but decent. The house itself was pretty cramped and gross, but it was £240/month