Touch the Sky in Scotland

This may come as a shock, but... Scotland was ages ago. So... let's breeze through again as usual and just go with the bullet points...

• Burghley House is an amazingly rich house and that was cool.
• Chatsworth followed close behind especially as it's Darcy's home in the newest P&P
• We were starving in a sketch part of town so we ordered free-delivery pizza. It came after an hour and a half and we scarfed it down. Poor decisions.
• York! I loved York.
• We saw the Jorvik Museum for vikings. There is definitely a little ride you take which was delightful.
• While there my mom suggested Betty's for tea. When we went it was delightful. Seriously we had such a blast. As they phrased it, "Well done Mama Raymond."
• York's Chocolate Story. I can't begin to describe to you the joy of this place. I'm going to be quick about it, but... I made my own chocolate candy bar. I freaking made my own. I also had a taste testing session. I also tried chocolate the way the Aztecs would have had it. I also sampled all different kinds. SO GOOD. Also Kit-Kats are wildly popular and cranked out like nobody's business.
• We attended Evensong at the cathedral and it was beautiful.
• Fountain Abbey - amazing! It's huge and so fun to explore.
• Whitby - home to Dracula. That was a quick stop but I think Dracula might have photobombed my photos!
• There was definitely a man at our Italian place that was interested in me. Flattering if not slightly creepy.
• ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS KALLIE CAME HOME. So I skyped in the bathroom of my hotel in Edinburgh.
• Hadrian's wall
• Tour of all things Potter in Edinburgh - I died. Again and again and again
• The Elephant House - where JK Rowling scribbled on napkins
• Tomb of Tom Riddle, Potters, McGonagall, and someone else
• School that perhaps inspired Hogwarts
• Hotel she finished Harry Potter in
• Edinburgh Castle
• New Lanark - also an enjoyable amusement ride there
• Watched Brave while in Scotland
• Another large house... which I can't remember the name of. We see so many!

Sorry I'm not making the photos look good. So... that's happening.

"I will ride, I will fly, chase the wind and touch the sky, I will fly, chase the wind and touch the sky" - Touch the Sky (Brave)

Jane Austen novel at
Chastworth

Betty's tea with Hannah

Lauren and I making our
own chocolate

Me, Hannah W, and Erica
with our own chocolate bars

I really liked my chocolate

Fountain Abbey

Posing at Whitby - is that Dracula?!

We were being vampires

Durham Cathedral

Edinburgh Castle - makes me
think of Harry Potter

Touch the sky

Having a blast

Elephant House

Eating at Oink for lunch

Tom Riddle Sr and Jr
buried here

School inspiration for Hogwarts

Graffiti in Elephant House
from all fans

My own token

The statue plaque reads,
"Do Not Kiss"