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.

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.

Pixar exhibition

Salem and I went to the Pixar exhibition this afternoon. It is one of the most interesting and exclusive collection I have seen. Storyboard and paintings in acryl, pencil and pastel and some of them as digital drawings too, all foundations for famous animation films from Pixar: Cars, Toy Story, Monsters, Fining Nemo, The Incredibles and so on.
It was significant for me to see how much they have worked with each figure; it is not by chance cow tractors from Cars e.g. are so similar to cows. On a poster it was shown how a cow’s face was transformed to a tractor; it is the same form and attitude. It was so fascinating.



The exhibitions contained sculptures of the most famous figures in different positions and situations; crying, laughing etc. And of course the old Pixar movies were also shown, e.g. The bird.

This weekend

I was at the Edinburgh Castel this Sunday with Taja (my Korea classmate) but we don't think it was so interesting, because it was most about the deferent wars between the Scottish and the English and about the Scottish lost off independence.


Taja and me at the Castel


View at the Castel

I find history about peoples life circumstances more interesting; of course different kings way to rule have some influence.
Saturday was I at the movie seeing a film named An imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus a brilliant and fascinating film. Tickets are cheap only £ 4.5 so I have planned to see "The others life" and… some others this week.
I will go to the theatre too and see The Scottish Ensemble playing something called Tutti Frutti next weekend.

Performans

På gaden var der ofte forskellige former for performans. Her en gruppe unge som dansede til intense trommerytmer i flere timer. De havde en hund med, som var malet i ansigtet som dem. Den for rundt og nappede dem i haserne. Den var desværre for hurtig til, at jeg fik den fanget på et foto.

Guided tour

Oh… I was so tired after walking around in the shopping area at the centre visiting a lot of shops and shores. So I went to a guided tour by bus.



Relaxed on a good place, I saw a lot of places I already have been at. However, I got the story off the places and the most important of all, I saw how the different streets where connected. I was unfortunately also aware off my circle walking yesterday.

I dont think I will get lost any longer - Edinburgh are gone to be like my own pocket :-))

Weekend Plans

I have a lot of plans for this weekend. All historic museums are free this Saturday and Sunday. One of our teachers has suggested that we visit Edinburgh Castel, other times it will cost 11 pound.
I have also planned to visit National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street to see the exhibition Pixar: 20 Years of Animation

Brothers and sisters

I went this afternoon to Jehovas Witten’s Kingdom Hall at Edinburgh (one of them I have been toll there are nine). There were brothers and sisters from many different countries and some of them were very difficult to understand. There was others visitors; Rathi was on visit too from Chennai (Madras). She is on a congress for second languages teachers and has given her e-mail address to me, if I should need help with my English studies – not bad. Christie and family were so polite giving a lift too my accommodation.

First night in Edinburgh

Bagefter spadserede jeg igen byen tynd, kikkede vinduer, fik kaffe og fandt Jehovas Vidners Rigssal, hvor jeg blev inviteret indenfor til en polsk menighed! Men jeg talte dog med en engelsk bror og hans kone. Han arbejder paa universitet og vi har aftalt, at vi skal drikke kaffe en af dagene i middagspausen.

Og som I kan se har jeg fundet en super internetcafe (universitets lukker kl. 18:30), men jeg har glemt kablet til kameraet paa mit logi. Billederne oploader jeg i morgen i stedet. Det er kulsort udenfor nu og jeg vil se om, jeg kan finde hjem.