Edinburgh

So yesterday, Saturday 13^th of August 2016 I went to the Edinburgh for the festival. It had been a while since I'd been, maybe like 4/5 years. After a relatively nippy train journey we arrived, and Edinburgh was looking beautiful. The first time I came to Edinburgh, was when I was at high school on a drama trip. I didn't really like the look, but this time around about 7ish years later, I absolutely loved it. The stone work, the history, the people ... i could go on and on. It's so beautiful, I officially want to move there.

So the reason we came up to Edinburgh festival, no surprise, was to actually see a show. You are definitely not short of suggestions. Walking down the royal mile you are bombarded with flyer after flyer after flyer for different shows. It was hard to choose which show to see because there was so much choice. It's easy to mistakenly think that getting into a show will be no sweat because of the amount of shows going on, but then you get into the small intimate venues with no seats left and think “.... oh fuck”. We loved the idea of seeing 2 Become 1, a 90's inspired comedy pop musical or All the King's Men, a talented acapella vocal group (the interest in them had nothing to do with how hot the were … nothing at all … nothing to do with the guy in the burgundy shorts … not.at.all) The problem was everything was either sold out or we couldn't find it. Luckily though in our free show booklet we found Quiz In My Pants, sort of like a comedy panel show. After actually finding it and there actually being space, we settled in and had a good drink and a good laugh. The compere of the show Nicola was actually my favourite, and I loved the Movement venue. The audience were as dirty as you would expect, suggesting both shite and genital warts for buzzer noises … don't ask. I had a great time, but next time I'd like to see a piece of drama or something experimental at the festival.

It was walking down the street, seeing the fun everyone was having in their respective theatre groups, that made me want to pick it up again. As I've said before I've studied drama at high school and been in the lead NTS Productions, and recently I've been thinking about taking up acting again. It was seeing everyone perform on the Royal Mile that made the wanky drama student in me want to go join them. So maybe this is a idea I might pursue, what do you think?

It wasn't just shows we were up to see. We wanted to do touristy stuff as well. So we went to Arthur's Seat. I underestimated, just how high Arthur's Seat is. I was definitely fit enough to tackle it but still, climbling some of those rocky paths getting steeper and narrower was tricky, I even rolled my ankle at point on the way down. Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to finish, as we wanted to get back down to have food and see a show but watch this space because I 100% want to travel up to get to the top, and take some pics at the peak.

Now finally, I couldn't finish my Blog about Edinburgh without mentioning the talent. Now when I say talent I don't mean the acting, the stand up, the singing, the political commentary, the art, the food, the sheer performance skills … when I say talent I mean the guys. Holy shit there were so many good looking guys in Edinburgh! Sure there are really hot guys in Glasgow and I even bumped into one while I was there randomly but Edinburgh was on top form, and it was certainly a treat for my big brown eyes.

Edinburgh is such a phenomenally beautiful city, one which I don't want to just visit annually. I loved my Saturday in Edinburgh, and I would love to visit again, not just for the festival but to see more of the city I fell in love with yesterday. <3

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