geek imparts experiences

Last weekend I visited Edinburgh in Scotland – the city where Sean Connery was born, and the place of inspiration for writers such as J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books. The roots of the residents called ‘Scots‘ (or even sometimes Scotch) are hundreds of years old, deriving from tribes who lived there as a confederation known as the Picts. Most of the unique culture has survived to the present time; for instance, the Kilt and the traditional Scottish music. However, the Scottish language, Gaelic, seems to be threatened with extinction, as only around sixty-thousand people are able to speak it.
Edinburgh itself is a wonderful old city with a lot things worth seeing. Therefore, on this occasion, we spent the whole weekend there. On Saturday we had amazing weather, with a lot of sunshine and just a bit of rain in the evening, but it stopped raining in time for the Halloween spectacle in the city centre. Sunday was completely different and absolutely atrocious as it was coming down in buckets the whole day – but we made the best of it! I hope you enjoy the gorgeous pictures of the trip.