OK today I felt it. I just wanted to stay in bed. I'm tired. Leave me alone! I don't want to go see some castle, or some old building with mould on it, I just want to sleep in my own bed. Tell the killer seagulls to scram, don't knock on my door, just go away and let me soak up my bedsheets and pillows.
Fine, I'll get up! Kelly booked a whiskey tour, so I had to go. It was really airly, (early with a Scottish accent). It's funny, I've been saying words like Scottish people all day totally involuntarily. So once we got our teek-ets, (tickets). We met Dave our tour guide. He seems a bit too awake at the early hour of 9am, but whatever. We were on our way! OK, so I've only been on a few tours in my life, but let me just say... He was awesome! He started the whole tour by introducing himself and going over the safety rules. He made fun of everyone and called us sort of stupid if we didn't know how to be safe, then he pointed around the bus and had no idea where the emergency doors were, but "he knew they were in there somewhere". Then he drove 3 blocks out of the way to show us his home and his daughter, but we only got to see his mother-in-law because his daughter was sleeping. Then he started the real tour. Only he kept talking about his brothers, his parents, his dog, his hang-outs, honestly it was a riot! He was hilarious too! He would say something about the sites we were seeing on the tour, then he would make fun of it under his breath but totally into the mic so we could hear it. Then on top of all that, he would talk to the traffic as he drove making it seem even more funny! Like seriously, the tour was so much fun and totally because of him!
He kept doing things too along the way that were not part of the trip. He would pull over the bus, and tell us to get out and walk 4 blocks because he liked the little town and he would pick us up at the end of the 4 blocks after we found whatever it was he told us to check out. Or he would talk about the "pisser" that we needed to pay 30 pence for to get to see how "brilliant" it was. "Ah, s'totally worth the 30 pence to take a piss in style" he said before shoving us out the door!
The distillery was amazing. To see the process and how many details goes into every bottle is an eye opener.
The best part of the whole trip though was going to the waterfalls. He made us take a half-hour walk into the woods just to see this amazing site. It was probably my favourite place in all of Scotland. Funny though, it reminded me so much of Canada. The only thing Canada lacks is the old ruins and the amazing moss that grows here. It makes everything so fantasy-movie-like. The sounds, smells and colours was totally Canada though. We live in a beautiful Country my friends.
When the tour was over (which was 9 hours that felt like 4) we all said goodbye. I really liked him a lot. He made everything so much fun.
Then it was raining again! Hard. I got soaked coming back to the flats. I got changed and it was time to go out again. UGH! I got soaked again before we even got anywhere. The restaurant we went to only served food upstairs and wouldn't bring us any to our tables. So I left with Kelly and Shauna because they didn't want to eat upstairs either. We went to another restaurant, but that too wasn't good enough, so I told them I just wanted to grab a sub and get home. By the time I got home I was chilled, cold, wet and homesick. I don't want to get wet anymore. I'm tired.
Speaking of tired, I'm going to get to bed now. I will be performing with the band tomorrow in hollyrude and the Edinburgh Castle. Our final performances before we leave in a couple days. I'm not sure if I can walk anymore, so I'm glad we're getting close to being done.
I'm done.
Good night my lovelies.
:)
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