Crossing the border ~

After a few lovely hours on the last stretch of English Motor way, we made it to the border. Neither of us had been to Scotland before, so this part was pretty cool. We got out, took a few pictures, got back in as soon as we were done taking said pictures as it was freeeeeeezing cold. Like, wayyyyy-to-cold-for-June-kind-of-cold. Anyway, my TravelBuddy decided to take a little video, of just the landscape and end with the Scottish flag. The song that's playing in the background, and the timing was a complete coincidence, but it cracked us up nonetheless. 

(If you didn't know, Scotland is super cold, like 80% of the year)

We had decided to take the scenic route to our hotel that we were staying at in Edinburgh, and boy that was the right choice. I can't seem to find any pictures, which is a shame because the sun was about an hour away from setting, and bouncing off the sea at just the right angles. It was beautiful. And I guess a good lesson in life, if you have the time, take the scenic route. It's usually worth it. 

We made it to Edinburgh a short while after crossing the border, and honed in on our hotel. Now, we've since discussed that we'd do it the other way round, should we do a trip like this again. But we ended up staying at the nicest hotel of the trip (The Scotsman), in Edinburgh which was close to the start of our trip. If we were to do this again, we might save the best till last. But hey, you live and you learn. 

When I say the nicest of the trip, I mean the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in. The place is absolutely stunning, the room was stunning, the views were breathtaking, we had our own turret for goodness sake. Anyway, I'm not going to do it justice, so here are some pictures/dribble material. 

(This is our turret I was talking about) 

The view from our turret (haha) 

 The Edinburgh streets, around the corner from our hotel.

We decided to use the city as our home base, and travel to the landmarks in the surrounding areas. Edinburgh made it to the top of my favourite cities list.