They wear kilt

They wear kilt even at Wednesdays. I have seen a lot but it's difficult to take some pictures because they walking. I paid this man £1 for a photo. However he was playing some music for me.

Presentations

Today we have to show and tell about our street project. Wee were two different groups and we have visited "our place", made some historic research and interviews with people.

George IV Bridge

Grassmarket

Swimming bath

Swimming bath
Originally uploaded by lillehanne.

My host recommended an old swimming bath only three streets away from the flat and I have just been there. It was a small pool only 10 x 25 meters but there was a beautiful light from windows in the roof. There was only one big room which contain the pool, the shower place and the sauna. The shower was in front of the poll, so everybody could look at you taking the shower but it doesn’t matter to me. I think it was more uncomfortable warring bath cloths when showering. Some guys in the sauna tool me that the swimming bath was nearly 150 years old.

Healthy food

I tror det nok ikke, men jeg fik lavet en kæmpe skål salat som aftensmad i dag. Min flatmate Amy mente, at det var meget healthy. Næste dag havde hun købt salat og alt andet sundt og godt til sin aftensmad. Men... jeg havde fundet et tilbud på noget fast food til microen - hmm... det kan gå tilbage for selv den sejeste.

The houses

De fleste huse i det omraade, hvor jeg bor

har en eller anden form for stakit. De fleste er af sten.

Nogle andre er af smedejern

og de har ofte Skotlands nationalblomst (en tidsel) som motiv et eller andet sted.

I omraadet, hvor jeg bor, er der en del lejligheder ledige. Jeg tror ikke, at folk har raad til et helt hus. Jeg kan forstaa paa folk, der lever her, at det er meget dyrt at bo i Edinburgh (baade mad, husleje og gas). En gade fra Forbes Road kan man for eksempel leje denne 1. sal med taarn. Ikke daarligt vel.

Huset jeg bor i, ser saadan ud fra gaden.

Jeg bor i baggaarden. Alle deres afloebsinstallationer er udenpaa husene. Jeg undrede mig meget over dette, indtil vi var med vores afternoon class paa visit i en af lejlighederne paa Charlotte Square. De fleste af husene er bygget omkring 1700 tallet og dengang var det ikke normalt, at der var indlagt vand m.v. Det har man saa gjort sidenhen og den letteste maade har aabenbart vaeret at lade alle installationer loebe udvendigt. Men jeg fatter ikke, at det ikke fryser i stykker om vinteren, men det goer det maaske ogsaa :-))

med en smuk udsigt til nogle engelske haver.

Whisky

I have found a lot of different types and types of whiskies:
Dallas Dhu, Cardhu, The Glenlivet, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Strathisla, Benromach and Speyside Cooperage. So dear husband, which one would you prefer?

This weekend

Ohh… I have spent a lot of the weekend doing homework. Although I have some spare time for a beautiful walk with some friends, Hannah and Josef, at Holyrood Park. The park is grounded on a very old volcano few minutes walk from the Scottish Parliament.

Josef and Hannah



A view from our walk

Sunday evening was I at the cinema. But The good Germann, was so tragic. However the cinema, recommend off my host, was an experience. It had been there since 1938 and contains 4 screens. Compared to all the pictures at the walls many famous actors have visited the cinema at different premières.

Party

A few of us have a little party today for a Finnish student who was going back to Finland. I thought we should celebrate with a beer or maybe two, but no we were going to have lunch at italic restaurant. Nice and delicious food specially the dessert a chocolate cake with ice.

Drama

En gruppe studerende fra Schweiz afsluttede deres forløb i dag. De fremførte et skuespil, de selv havde skrevet.


Billedserien skal læses fra højre mod venstre (start forneden :-)

En grusom heks ønsker sig en flot ung mand, men det er ikke let, da hun bare er så grim. Men en heks laver selvfølgelig bare en trylledrik, der får en smuk ung mand til at falde i søvn og forelske sig i den første pige han ser, når han vågner. Men det gik bare så galt – heksen blev måtte af sted på naturens vegne – og var der selvfølgelig ikke, da skønheden vågnede. Den romantiske samtale der opstod mellem en smuk ung blond kvinde og den unge mand, forsøgte den lede heks at forstyrre på alle mulige måder. Mange nutidige og historiske personligheder dukkede op undervejs; Kong Arthur, en ægte skotte i kilt m.fl.. Til slut blev den stakkels heks arresteret af en betjent. Sørgelig historie som vakte enorm megen morskab blandt de mange nationaliteter som så på.

Afternoon class

At this days afternoon class we went to see some buildings from the 18th century designed by one of the most famous Scottish architects, Robert Adam (1728 – 92). He was grounder at the neo classicism in Scotland. We went inside to one of the buildings at Charlotte Square, a part of the New Town (18th century). Robert Adam haven’t designed the individual rows only the palace front so the houses have a "grand civic composition". A video at the museum told that Edinburgh at that time was called the "North Athens". Despite of the modern new look the rows didn’t have any facilities like water, bath or sewerage. Everything has to be delivered or taken away by hand.