DAY 6

We woke up bright and early to get to the Edinburg Castle so that we wouldn’t have to rush through the crowds. I think we walked about a hundred of stairs just to get up the hill…But no glory without some pain right? Anyway, the Castle was so beautiful. It was very cold and windy but we didn’t get any rain….Thank God. The experience was great and I would have loved to stay all day. I got some video and pictures so please watch. It was like you were there too. The only thing we couldn’t film was the royal jewels, which that was a little upsetting, but of course I know why. I love this place.  …CHEERS!!!!

Later this evening we will be going on this outing and check out the night life and the old town of Edinburg. The horrors of what happened to the people long ago with the Black Plague.

DAY 5

We are on our way to Scotland Edinburg. It is so beautiful. It is a little windy and cold but not as crazy as London. I love it here. We went everywhere. The sites are beautiful and you can pretty much walk all over the place. Our rooms are great, the food as well. I know that the Castle is the main attraction and well it is almost across the street from us we will be checking it out in the morning. First we started exploring around the area so we ended On the Royal Mile which at the end of the street, I understand is where the Queen will stay when she comes here. The road is pretty much full of shopping and pubs. There is so much to see in such a small area. You will have to watch the videos to see some of the stuff I got to experience….Hope all is well… and thanks for watching.

DAY 4

Today we went to the Communication Center in London where the emergency plus calls come into. They said that at first there were 32 different boroughs and now they are only at 3. They trained all to have multi skills and have the knowledge to do everything needed to keep the system running smoothly. This place was very informational but at the same times a need to know basis.

At our afternoon even we got to see how they do their training for police safety, which is pretty close to what we do. The only difference is the hand cuffs, very different and more control. Watching what they do and learning about how they feel as an officer knowing that most of them are not armed in any way makes you wonder as an American how these officers don’t get hurt like we would. I mean if the public knew that the police officers were not armed with a fire arm or with CS spray/pepper spray how many more might die? The question is would we be safer. Of course they talked about if there were someone that had a weapon like a knife or fire arm they would call another unit that are specially trained for this to take over. It is very different but the same….. The Constable Richard Watson would always quote, “We are nice officer,” with a grin.

Day 3 cont

Dinner time, there were a few of us that wanted to go have something to eat that didn’t cost hardly anything (yeah Right) but at the same time we explored a little as well. So Shawna, Patrick, Me, Jake, and Jason…. decided to all go together. We figured we would try this Italian Restaurant and maybe get a few sites on our list to check off, like The House of Parliament and so on. Well, we took the underground, tube, (subway) and with Shawna’s great directional skills, (lol), we decided to get off at a particular stop. The only thing we had was the little book that told us where and what street the restaurant was on but really no directions. We all ended up walking for miles it seemed. It was kind of funny but we had to ask almost 5 different people for directions. They were so nice to help too and well we finally found it but it was packed. Remind you we left out on our little trip around 630 and found the place around 830 or so. It was crazy, but we had fun. The best part of it all was the sites we saw. We were definitely out of the tourist area and in a very nice uptown classy side of town. We ended up seeing the Tower Bridge, very beautiful. We got to see a lot of construction…. One particular building that was so beautiful that the pictures would have to speak for it. We were able to get close to the water and see the boats and barges and it was overall beautiful. So our outing might have been for food but we definitely found food for the soul….desserts.