Well, the time had come for my last hotel breakfast. Thankfully, it was delicious. We checked out of the hotel, boarded the bus, and went into the airport. After a draining security check-in and flight from Edinburgh to London, we began our wait in Heathrow. We waited. And waited. And. Waited. We began our wait […]
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Day 12: Time to Spare
Today was a day I was both dreading and looking forward to. Unfortunately, it was the last day of the trip. But we also had the whole day to ourselves until dinner. I decided to take the day to be on my own. I’m a relatively introverted person and sometimes I need to have time […]
Day 11: On the Fringe
Another day, another media visit. After a quick breakfast at the hotel, we took a walk over to visit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. This visit was very interesting for me for many reasons. Oliver Davis, the head of marketing and development, talked to us about the origins of the festival, what it means to […]
Day 10: Should Have Taken the Bus
Throughout the trip so far, we have had to misfortune to ride on some buses that could barely carry all of our passengers, let alone our luggage. We assumed it would be the same scenario on our short ride from our hotel in Manchester to the airport. However, when we dragged ourselves and our belongings […]
Day Ten: Edinburgh Fringe and WhiteSpace
Another uphill trek lead us to the first media visit of the day. Ollie Davis is Head of Marketing for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It’s the largest arts festival in the world. It all started as rebellion toward the International Festival by 8 productions who turned up uninvited and performed on the fringes. This year, […]
Day Nine: This Lassie Went to Scotland.
I’ve mentioned this once or twice – I had never flown on an airplane before this International Media excursion. The flight from Manchester to Edinburgh, Scotland was a short one on a small plane and I couldn’t help but to picture this small, rickety aircraft that we would be piling onto. I cried on takeoff […]
Day 11: We love Underground Vaults
It was our last day of the trip, other than travel, today. It was nice to be able to spend some time relaxing and exploring to wrap up the trip. I started the day by getting ready and heading back to the Elephant House, where J.K. Rowling wrote the start of Harry Potter. I had […]
Day 12: Bittersweet Journey Home
We started our last day on our trip quite early as we would be traveling all day. After having a nice breakfast at our hotel, everyone finished packing and headed onto our coach to take us to the airport in Edinburgh. Once at the airport, we checked in, went through security fairly quickly, and waited […]
A bittersweet ending
The last few days have required a lot of people saying how tired they are or how they can not wait to go back home. So many of my peers are homesick and connecting family or friends in their free time. Most of them want pictures of their pets. However, I do not want to […]
Day Ten: This place isn’t real
It’s day two in Scotland and as I’m mentioned in my last blog post, I truly am not convinced that this is place is real. In describing Edinburgh to my friends, I’ve described it as “something out a storybook.” If you think of a old time town that’s extremely picturesque, you’re probably thinking of Edinburgh. […]