Trip to Britain -- Day 8 -- York -> Edinburgh

The terrorists' attack news was overwhelming - heard that thousands were stranded at the airports all over Britain, not to mention Heathrow. The stupid security measure included a transparent plastic bag to contain all your 'handcarry' stuffs and mind you, no liquids whatsoever to be arried onto the plane. A hilarious scene would be seeing moms drinking the baby food (milk?) for security check in front of the customs... OH MY GOD!!! :D

Anyway, I would definitely phone up Qantas in the coming days to ensure my flight back to Hong Kong was all right.

One of the highlights today was my breakfast. I'd been expecting cereals, yoghurts, milk, juice, toasts and a full English breakfast (with sausages, bacons, baked beans, eggs and sad to say, black pudding) - and YES, all were granted!!! Except that the eggs were fried instead of scrambled; I was happy to miss out black pudding! :P

I thanked the B&B owner for the hospitality when I checked out. I really wanted to stay longer. Next time, I should grab someone with me to try the double/twin room of this B&B and the ghost trail in York.

(See the long queue here? That's for Jorvik! ->)

Then, it came to my almost final destination of my trip in York - Jorvik Viking Centre. The guidebook had already warned about long queues - well, I saw one myself when I got there, not surprisingly. It took about half an hour for me to get in. Interesting time machine, nice ride (but not with the horrible smell inside the tunnel... YUCK!) and detailed exhibition of the viking communities. After the centre, I went to St. Mary's Church (ruins) and then the train station for my train to Edinburgh.

The ride was alright though it lasted for almost 3 hours - I read Lynn Truss's book all the way and enjoyed my Walkers' crisps.

(<- Gorgeous! One of the festival venues)
Finally, I met Fanny at the train station and our first stop was of course her flat. There're seas of people all over the streets because of the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival and almost every person you saw gave out flyers or received flyers of the arts activities. Phew!

I unloaded the big burden on my shoulders which approximately weighed about 15kg by then. One bad thing I found was, unfortunately, that I caught a cold during my stay in York! So SAD! I had to take LEMSIP instantly! Anyway, Fanny and I had some nice chat coz we hadn't seen each other for TOO long. We went out for groceries and had our dinner at KFC, our FAVOURITE! Haha!

After dinner, we had a leisure walk around the town. We strolled around some of the university buildings, Homebase and festival venues. At about 9 something, we headed back home!

PS. Edinburgh was much colder than other places I had been to that I needed to wear the 'warm' jacket! And mind you, it's so WINDY.

(Just see how COLD I was!)