Week Break - SCOTLAND, and transit to Florence.

Yes. It deserves ALL CAPS because Scotland was awesome, not the least of all because bubosquared is awesome and better than any youth hostel. For one, the only person I had to worry about was Melle. And really... there was no time when she was there and I wasn't, so. XD She was awesome and carried by big suitcase, and got up at four in the morning to walk me to Haymarket so that I could take the shuttle to the airport.

It was nice, because I didn't do much. I'll just come right out and say it. There were a couple of days when I simply vegetated and it was nice. I like vegetating. Having nothing to do but convert oxygen to carbon dioxide is, at times, one of life's greatest pleasures. I watched Space: Above and Beyond (*significant look!*) and Firefly and also Ghost World which I hadn't seen in awhile. I also managed to watch the entire first season of Rome. Go me.

But don't get me wrong, I wasn't going to stay inside the whole time. I was in Edinburgh!

( Short commentary, complete with pictures. )

Okay, the rides here... from Edinburgh to Frankfurt there was a man beside me who had absolutely no concept of personal space and it was not fun. The Frankfurt airport was huge, and confusing. I went up four escalators before I found where my gate was supposed to be. *shakes fists* And then the T-Mobile wifi was Not For Me (as in, password protected with absolutely no help whatsoever) and I'd not slept at all, so. It was frustrating. I slept on the plane to Florence from Frankfurt, but really, that was only about an hour and a half. The taxi ride to the Pensione Ottaviani was... well, it was kind of like driving in Chicago at rush hour, but nobody paid attention to the lane divisions. I tried not to hide. :x

I needed to sleep when I got there. *thumbs up*

( But this is the view from my window at the Pensione. )

It's pretty. Not gonna lie. And it's so nice.

We move in with our host family tomorrow. The combinations of the words "no elevator" and "top floor" makes me gird my loins. *nod* o_o I'll be okay. Internet gods smile on me.