Thomas and I had been hearing all about how amazing Edinburgh's New Years celebrations are since we moved here, and since Thomas was home this year, we decided it was time to check it out for ourselves! The base travel agency organized a bus up to Edinburgh on New Years Eve Day and was to leave the city at 2am after all of the celebrating. Since we've already been to Edinburgh we figured that would be the perfect choice for us, especially since we just got back from Slovenia the day before New Years Eve.
We went with a group of friends and had plenty of laughs and snacks on the way up to Edinburgh, and we got a jump start on the "celebrating" thanks to some flasks and Camelbaks full of wine. ;) Edinburgh was just stunning all lit up and decorated for Christmas, especially with all of the old historic buildings and the castle as the backdrop. We wandered around the city and took in the atmosphere, had some mulled cider (delicious!), checked out the carnival rides and skating rink, and headed to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner to meet up with some more friends. After dinner we wandered some more, hopped from pub to pub, and spent far too much time waiting in line for Porta-Potties (seriously, it was a half-hour wait every time!) while waiting for the fireworks to start. The fireworks show was well worth the wait though, it was the best display I've ever seen! They set the fireworks off over Edinburgh Castle, and that just added to the spectacle. We made our way back to our bus, and were back on the road by 2:15am - it was a very quiet ride home, thank goodness!
I'm so glad we went - Hogmanay was definitely worth the trip and craziness of the city, and any excuse to go to Edinburgh is fine by me! :)
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| Thomas and I |
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| Massive amounts of Porta-Potties...but it still didn't seem like enough! |
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| The carnival with Old Town in the distance |
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| Skating rink |
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| The ladies |
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| The gents |
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| Spectacular fireworks! |
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| My NYE bestie :) |
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