Edinburgh Trip in September/Haggis

After long long long flights, I arrived in London Heathrow at around 14. I took a bus to Stansted to take a flight to Edinburgh on the same day lol
Anyway here I was! Edinburgh!

To be honest, I did not know much about the city. Since my best friend cannot go out of the U.K. because of the Visa problem, we chose to go to Scotland. 

We were really amused by this beautiful city!!!

Only thing I knew about Scotland was haggis. My Scottish friend love it, but my Australian host family hate it. They told me it would be like vegemite. Because I don't like vegemite, I was really scared to try it but I thought I should give a go!!!

So I tried it!!!!! 

And I LIKE IT! I LIKE IT A LOT!!!! (Well I really miss it now :()

Even though my friend told me I can have a good haggis everywhere but I really wanted to try a good one. We decided to try Whiski Rooms's one. The place looked very busy and we could only get a small table but the food was really nice! Apart from the tiny table, the atmosphere was really nice as well :)

Next day, we climbed Arthur's Seat. 

It was a good walk and I enjoyed beautiful nature!

You can tell from the pic but standing there was actually scary!

When my friend dared me to climb it, I though there was a actual seat on top of the mountain? or hill?.

I was looking for anything can be a seat and I found it!

I completely believed that it was the seat lol

but seems like the mountain itself is 'Arthur's Seat'

At the bottom, there is the palace of Holyroodhouse.

Since the audio guide was included, I learned some history and more information about the each room. Personally I really like this palace more than Buckingham Palace. 

We also had a tea break there!

I look super happy in the pic! I miss the tea time in the U.K. now.....

(In Japan, well especially Tokyo, you can have a relaxing tea time since there are so many people and it's difficult to get a seat in the first place.)

Seems like the week we were in Edinburgh, the weather was really nice. 

We enjoyed the sun at Princes Street Gardens wearing very Scot's clothes haha

When I was in the museum, the staff pointed at my clothe and hers saying 'same :P'

I was really interested in the close in Edinburgh. I just couldn't understand how to build the upper city at that time. To learn the history more, even though I really don't like any horror thing, I decided to go to The Real Mary King's Close.

Unfortunately I couldn't understand well what the tour guide explained at each spot.... (My English skill.....) That made the tour less scary I guess.
Every time I study history, I'm a bit confused and disappointed cause I never know what exactly happened in the era and I have to imagine people's life. But I'm so bad at imagining.

At the same time, I believe that it's just impossible to know what exactly happened but studying history triggers my curiosity. 

So this is my Edinburgh trip pretty much!

Hope you enjoyed a bit!

I miss the U.K......... (Edinburgh would be freezing cold now though)

Back from the U.K.

Today when I was having a quiet and relaxing evening, I realised my previous post is just strange. I accidentally posted a draft.... I just wanna say 'I'm back!' on this blog so this will be short as well.

Obviously when you're having a good time, time goes by soooooo fast. I can't believe i'm already in Japan. Soooooo sad. It is very sad even though I feel I should be here and I belong there, I can't just simply stay here thanks to the Visa problem. Well technically I can only if I have loads of money haha

Anyway when I had to think about my luggage, I just didn't have any idea why I brought so many things when I went to the U.K.. When I arrived at Heathrow airport, my suitcase was already seriously full.... Last week I bought two pairs of shoes (I'm crazy about shoe and blankets :p) even though I told myself 'Aya stay away from shoe shops!!!' Well it seems as if I've bought way too much things to put inside my suitcase. I had to send a packet back home... hahahaha Well there are so many things I wanted to get from the U.K. so I kinda imagined this would happen. I'll write about what I bought soon on this blog.
Well after an amazing summer holiday, it's time to be back to my real life....
Ganbare Aya chan!!!

Hot hot hot hot Summer in JP!/Toshimaen Pool

This year I experience Japanese summer after 4 years! Most of the past years, I was in Europe and enjoyed sunshine and beautiful summer.
Well there is sunshine here in JP but it just burns people. An announce of 'staying inside a building and refrain from staying outside too much and any sports' is often made these days. CRAZY
My body is definitely super tired.....

No matter how miserable the weather is, I have to enjoy my life in Japan. My friend and I went to Toshimaen pool today to feel a bit of summer. 

A tiny bit of a tip for an entrance fee. If you go to a discount ticket shop and get 100 yen discount ticket, you can get 1200 yen off :) hahaha

Considering to other famous pools, this one is a bit small but we really enjoyed!
I don't know Japanese people's summer holiday trend, it was not too crowded yet. There are exiting water sliders as well. If you wanna try them with a tube, you've got to pay 600yen. I'd say 600yen is cheap comparing to other pools. 

Another thing I wanna share is a list band which allows you to shop without bringing any coins. Basically you deposit some money on it beforehand. You can shop by touching the band. Well the whole IT thing is really convenient!

After enjoying the pool, we went to a hot spring spa called Niwanoyu. just next to Toshimaen. We could wash our body properly and get a massage. Sooooo relaxing!

After these exciting and relaxing moments, we ate lots of oysters for our dinner. What a wonderful life!
It was funny that we're talking what if there is a limit for a person to be happy in a whole life.
Well I really enjoyed today and feeling super happy!!!