It has been a while since i have updated and there are so many adventures to share...

one of the main ones would be this weekend. having spent the past week going on interviews, working on getting a job and settling into the hostel life i decided to take the weekend and do touristy adventure things. in edinburgh is an extinct volcano called arthurs seat which sits 251 meters above the city and has amazing views. I decided that it would be fun to climb to the top and spend the day in that area of the city. i walked from my hostel down to the base of the mountain and started the climb up. There is a path that leads up and as you get higher there are stone steps. The mountain is beautiful with thistle and wildflowers. It is an incredible view. The stone steps are very steep and you have to be very careful on the climb. As you get to the top you are literally climbing up the mountain and there are no more steps. there were times when i was slightly convinced if i looked down behind me i would fall. After about an hour or so i reached the top of the mountain. It was breathtaking. I could see down to the water, the castle, the queens palace, the mountains that surround the city, as well as clouds blowing in. It had been raining numberous times a day since i had been here and i knew that rain was coming. Everyone else up on the peak was thinking the same thing and hoping that it would be possible to make it down a bit to the field before it rained but just as that though entered our heads the wind started to blow really strong. A few people made it down to the field but me and a couple other people just sat ourselves down not wanting to risk going down the mountain in the rain. It literally started to hail on us for about 15 minutes. Looking around us we could see dark tunnels of where the rain and hail were falling it was a spectacular sight but reminded me of the movie twister.

the rain stopped and the three other people i was up there with led the way down the mountain. they were really nice people (everyone is really friendly here.) Since the mountain was a bit steep and slippery i sat on my butt and slid down the summit. once we got to the steps we took our time and walked down them just in time for it to start raining on us again. We parted ways after a little bit and i came back here to change into dry clothes. all in all a really great day.