" Can I ride that dog up the mountain?" -Mary
Had a visit to the
National Library of Scotland this morning for 2 hours. Learned about Lord
Byron (1788 - 1824) was one of England's most notorious womanizers. A world
-famous poet by the age of 24. He had an intense love affair with Caroline Lamb. She was so obsessed with him it was ridiculous. She was only a fan of his work and just kept going after him! We saw (& touched) the letters she had written him (200 yrs ago). I cannot believe we actually got to TOUCH old artifacts of writers and even Charles Darwin who was a famous British naturalist and proved the theory of evolution and natural selection. There were old scripts from playwrights, books that Darwin had wrote, famous maps, Chinese passports, letters, pictures-- about 400 years old. The map was made out of goat skin and so detailed. We got to touch Byron's manuscript and a letter to John Murray. It was such a great opportunity to touch the artifacts ~ like Charles' Darwin signature, his books. Normally , we cannot touch anything and everything is secured.
Around 4:30 pm we all walked up to Arthur's Seat! All I can say is - it is indescribable and no picture can capture the view. The trek up was absolutely the most difficult hike I have ever encountered. Completely worth it though. Walking back down the mountain we went to St. Anthony's Chapel- or what was left of it. Furthermore, a married couple said to us "We can't pass you by without saying GO HOKIES!!" :) Hokies are everywhere, even Scotland!!
Later that evening we did a Pub Crawl with the majority of our group- LOTS of fun! It was my official first night out on the town! Bar's we went to:
- The Advocate
- The Globe
- Whistle Binkies
- Frankenstein
What a crazy day & night :)
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