2009年11月28日星期六

大英图书馆11/19 爱丁堡游览1 11/20 British Library visit & Edinburgh Trip


Above 2: By the outside of the Holyrood Palaces!! Looking very historic because it was established sometime in the 15th century!! Scotland was merely an agricultural state back then.
Above: The Holyrood Palaces of Scotland!! Majestic indeed!!
Above: We're the tourists of a group. We're all glancing @ our tour guide/highland piper Robin playing his instrument. We're about to hear the history of the Holyrood Palaces.

Below: Our group walking towards the Holyrood Palaces.
All righty, so I've finally uploaded both the British Library photos and the Edinburgh Trip Day 1 photos!! I shall explain them shortly but what's important was that I toured alone for both of these trips. Though I felt quite lonely at times, I still managed cope with isolation. I tried to make friends of course on the Edinburgh trip, and it was a success in one way because I managed to befriend our official tour guide-Tom! He's from my hometown Shenyang and speaks our dialogue too!! When we talked, he almost always made me laugh by speaking in such a hilarious and peculiar way. But on the other hand, most of the times I'm still alone. Well, this is NOT the first time that I was like this, in the US I was lonely @ times too! But that's no problem for me now, after all, I know the only person who you can rely on is yourself. Regardless of where you are, you have to know how to take care of yourself to NOT get deceived by others. Anyways, making true friends sometimes can be hard.
Above: It's our tour guide/highland piper Robin, he's a native of Scotland.

Above 2: photos of Edinburgh, Scotland! I don't recall the exact name of that "overburned castle" but it was closer to the amusement park on Waverley Bridge road.

Above 2: @ the station 5:45am!! Yeah, we ALL had to get up extremely early to catch the 6:15 train to Edinburgh!! I got up @ 4:00 just to pack again for the trip! What's worse was that the underground stations didn't open 'til 5:45 or 6:00. Therefore, I had to take the expensive TAXI!!! that costed me £20!! I could have taken the bus but was afraid that I might be late! At any case, I was there on time though it costed me £20!


Above 2: By the Homo sapien statue near the British Library?? I need to check on that statue and its inscription again!
Entrance to the British Library.



Above 4: Should be obvious, inside the British Library. On the 3rd(4th, top) floor and by the toilets. The painting on the wall was gorgeous.
Above: British Library Entrance

Below: Homo sapien statue?? Again, I don't really know. I need to accommodate my time right to check the inscriptions.

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