Friday, November 18, 2011

OH MY STARS I LEFT OUT SCOTLAND.

"There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing."
--Sean Connery

Only like, one of my favorite places I went, and I forgot to include those.  They go actually first of all, before the Alnwick pictures.  After London I went to Edinburgh, then St. Andrews, then Alnwick, then Newcastle, then York, then back to Brighton.  I should be ashamed!

Edinburgh is the nicest city I think I've ever visited.  It's clean and historic and Scottishy and, well, the light was just perfect when I was there.  Feast your eyes:















And, if you venture further north, to the widely-acclaimed school Prince William and Kate Middleton attended where my lovely friend Kate spent her fall abroad, here's St. Andrews!  I liked St. Andrews--it's right on the North Sea and there are some really interesting castle ruins and a completely gorgeous graveyard...the school is SO old and so quaint.  It was quite a contrast to Sussex, which was built in the 1960s and looks it.  Also, there was a cupcake shop.  I definitely liked it there--but honestly, the main attraction was seeing a friendly face from home.  I think I hugged Kate for five minutes nonstop when I finally found her.










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