Scotland
Update:
The doco is going well. We have interviewed a few more amazing people recently including the Francis Fukuyama who is one of the worlds leading acedemics or meant to be THE worlds leading acedemic. So i am learning a hell of a lot. We took the train from London waterloo to Edinburgh on Saturday night. Was a nice trip on the train and got to see a lot of the countryside. It was nice passing through tiny farming villages. They are really pretty and are basically all layed out the same. You have the church in the centre of town, some houses surrounding the church, then the local shop and the local pub and thats it. We arrived in Edinburgh at 8pm and found some accomodation. John went and met a friend for dinner and then i went to town in search for dinner. Whilst in town this girl (Mei) comes up to me and randomly asks me out to dinner which was great because i knew nobody. So we went to this Thai buffet restaurant and had all you can eat, i was starving! Now i have a friend in Scotland.
After dinner i went back to the hotel. I ended up going to bed at about 1.30, woke up at 3 and could'nt sleep at all and there was no way i would get any sleep so i decided to walk around Edinburgh at about 3.15 in the morning. It was pouring with rain and freezing, plus i had a pretty bad cold but i loved it! I walked from my hotel, down town, around the castle, up through the alley ways to Edinburgh castle which is on top of the hill, then down to the other side of town. The walk took about 2.45 hours and then i did the whole thing again! I kinda felt like Forest Gump when he goes for a run for a couple of years and dos'nt stop. I just did'nt want to stop walking. Although i did have a little lie down in a bus shelter haha. The alley ways leading up to the castle were wicked! The wind and rain was howling through and around the buildings and it was pitch black, talk about scary! I found myself looking over my shoulder quite a few times haha. It was just so silent because there was absolutely no one around! On my walk i came across this graveyard. The first time i passed it it was dark. the chain around the gate had been cut so i was going to go in. But i chickened out :( Luckily i did because i was told the next day that that graveyard was actually famous for having a poultergeist that actually hurt people so that why it was chained up, to keep people from danger! The second time i passed it the sun had just risen so i went inside to have a look. It was a very scary feeling even before i knew it was haunted. Some of the graves where from the 14th century! I took a couple of pictures but will post them in the next couple of days.
I got back to the hotel at 9am and had breakfast. John and i then went and looked around during the day and shot another interview. We then caught the 7pm train back to London. I must have looked like a zombie by the time i got home and basically collapsed onto my bed! Overall it was a great weekend and i really made the most of my time in Scotland.
Today it is Julias birthday so we had a birthday dinner and a few wines. If you want to get rid of a cold have a couple of nice wines, it does the trick :) although i may not be saying that tomorrow morning ha. I get to sleep in tomorrow and then have an interview tomorrow afternoon. We are heading back up to Scotland next week and then i go away for a little bit. I will try and post a few more photos later this week. HA, this blog took me ages to write because whilst im typing i am watching the A-TEAM!!!! I pity the fool!!!
Lance
The doco is going well. We have interviewed a few more amazing people recently including the Francis Fukuyama who is one of the worlds leading acedemics or meant to be THE worlds leading acedemic. So i am learning a hell of a lot. We took the train from London waterloo to Edinburgh on Saturday night. Was a nice trip on the train and got to see a lot of the countryside. It was nice passing through tiny farming villages. They are really pretty and are basically all layed out the same. You have the church in the centre of town, some houses surrounding the church, then the local shop and the local pub and thats it. We arrived in Edinburgh at 8pm and found some accomodation. John went and met a friend for dinner and then i went to town in search for dinner. Whilst in town this girl (Mei) comes up to me and randomly asks me out to dinner which was great because i knew nobody. So we went to this Thai buffet restaurant and had all you can eat, i was starving! Now i have a friend in Scotland.
After dinner i went back to the hotel. I ended up going to bed at about 1.30, woke up at 3 and could'nt sleep at all and there was no way i would get any sleep so i decided to walk around Edinburgh at about 3.15 in the morning. It was pouring with rain and freezing, plus i had a pretty bad cold but i loved it! I walked from my hotel, down town, around the castle, up through the alley ways to Edinburgh castle which is on top of the hill, then down to the other side of town. The walk took about 2.45 hours and then i did the whole thing again! I kinda felt like Forest Gump when he goes for a run for a couple of years and dos'nt stop. I just did'nt want to stop walking. Although i did have a little lie down in a bus shelter haha. The alley ways leading up to the castle were wicked! The wind and rain was howling through and around the buildings and it was pitch black, talk about scary! I found myself looking over my shoulder quite a few times haha. It was just so silent because there was absolutely no one around! On my walk i came across this graveyard. The first time i passed it it was dark. the chain around the gate had been cut so i was going to go in. But i chickened out :( Luckily i did because i was told the next day that that graveyard was actually famous for having a poultergeist that actually hurt people so that why it was chained up, to keep people from danger! The second time i passed it the sun had just risen so i went inside to have a look. It was a very scary feeling even before i knew it was haunted. Some of the graves where from the 14th century! I took a couple of pictures but will post them in the next couple of days.
I got back to the hotel at 9am and had breakfast. John and i then went and looked around during the day and shot another interview. We then caught the 7pm train back to London. I must have looked like a zombie by the time i got home and basically collapsed onto my bed! Overall it was a great weekend and i really made the most of my time in Scotland.
Today it is Julias birthday so we had a birthday dinner and a few wines. If you want to get rid of a cold have a couple of nice wines, it does the trick :) although i may not be saying that tomorrow morning ha. I get to sleep in tomorrow and then have an interview tomorrow afternoon. We are heading back up to Scotland next week and then i go away for a little bit. I will try and post a few more photos later this week. HA, this blog took me ages to write because whilst im typing i am watching the A-TEAM!!!! I pity the fool!!!
Lance
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