Edinburgh

I am sitting in flat in Edinburgh right now. I am actually the first up (by hours) when it come s to all my flat mates which is a very new experience for me! I've always wanted to be that person that was up first and already taken a shower and gotten ready then everyone else gets up and I always feel like such a lazy person seeing them. The funny thing is I got up at 10am - they just don't get up remotely early. Maybe I'm finally starting to get up early and without an alarm! And I don't feel tired even though I only had about 7 hours - when I think about it this is great!

So yesterday we went to Edinburgh Castle. It literally is on a really tall hill in the center of a giant metropolitan city. It was pretty cool! There were a ton of Americans there and they are so easy to tell with the accents. I'm starting to be able to distinguish UK accents a little too!

This city is packed with "stag dos" and "hen weekends" apparently they go on large group trips for their bachelor and bachelorette parties. They all love to were matching themed clothes too lol. We went to this club and it was packed with them. It looked like a giant themed party, but there were like 25 themes. The guys either were a themed outfit or they wear custom made shirts and they usually have nicknames on it or numbers! I have never seen so many guys coordinating their outfits it was pretty funny.

So some things that I have learned about English people - they actually do drink a lot of tea, they go out to pubs all the time, for the most part they are pretty polite and they don't eat as unhealthy as I would have imagined. They use "I just couldn't be bothered" instead of the word lazy. For the most part they like America and almost everyone has gone to Disney in Orlando lol. The flat were we are staying for the weekend seems to hold the people who are the exceptions to the rules. Other than the people we know living here the other are actually pretty mean! I walked out of the room this morning and saw one of the roommates and said a friendly hello. She literally just looked at me and walked away! I tried to hang out with them a little bit yesterday (I was the only one brave enough to go out and sit with them). I tried to be in the convo, but they just answered my questions then ignored me! These people need to learn some manners! Luckily I haven't met many people like them.

One funny story before I have to go: so the day after I got back from Belgium it was Monday and I had lab. I usually get up around 8:30am. So I actually woke up before my alarm and I checked the time. My phone ( the only clock I have) said 9:10pm - at first I was just like o well this must be wrong. I got up to find my parents phone that they left me and it also said 9:10pm. Then I started to panic and I was in shock that I could literally sleep from midnight to 9pm the next day. I got up to look outside and it was sunny - unfortunately it stays sunny really late so I still was in a panic. I ran out into the kitchen and looked at the clock, but it wasn't a digital one so I couldn't tell anyways. Finally I turned on my computer and googled England time and it was 9 in the morning. It was one of the stupidest thing I have ever done and I was literally about to call up Michael (my professor here) and apologize for not making it in to lab!

I may be coming back for July. Almost all of my flatmates will be gone on summer break by then so I will have to make all new friends again! Hopefully it won't be too hard! OK well hopefully everyone gets up soon and we can go shopping at all the vintage stores!