london, cambridge, york and edinburgh

hello!

i've finally found internet to blog from... haha... happy... didn't bring my card reader out though, so can't post photos...

well, as a quick update, i reached london on sunday afternoon, was picked up by YJ and her husband, went to their house to stay for the night... they were extremely helpful and not only settled me in very comfortably in their place, but also helped to give suggestions and check out train routes for my onward travels...

next day morning, left for cambridge, the famous university town... it was nice and all, but also somewhat familiar, so there wasn't the "wow, it's all so new and quaint" type of feeling that i had quite a lot of in germany... still, it was good to finally see the place that had set all my exam papers up to university... wanted to buy a cambridge sweater (to act intellectual) but unfortunately, there was no size...

then it was to york, that same day... reached york train station after missing a couple of trains (i was in no hurry any way, and was enjoying the lonely planet magazine i just bought)...

york is a pretty walkable town and in the course of walking to my hotel, i managed to cover most of the key sights, and to take photos... the walk took about an hour plus at least i think... will full pack... haha... even i'm impressed with myself... duly rewarded myself with a steak for dinner...

well, york proved more than just buildings and monuments, cos when i woke up the next morning, it all seemed different... the streets were bustling and there was just so much more to see and do... ended up walking around more of the city walls, visiting a shop selling richard III's stuff, visiting a roman bath, going for a viking tour, shopping at oxfam (a charity here, where i picked up a travel guide book on scotland for only £2.5!), etc... was so tired after all this that i decided to give durham a miss (thinking that i'll visit it on my way back if there is time)...

then there's edinburgh were i am now... it's a big city, very historic... took some more photos of big cathedrals and imposing buildings which make up the city landscape... this is the land of haggis (food), bagpipes, tartan cloth, famous authors, etc etc... seems like a lot to do...

oh ya, had pretty nice views on my way here from york... and this means that i'll probably take a train ride out to the highlands area just to look... it's also quite near the loch ness area (as in the loch ness monster that we read about in books) and it's a pity i will stop short of there cos i want to spend more time in the city... tell u more when i'm back from the highlands! :-)