At an unreasonably early hour, Camilla, Martin, Alice and I met outside their dorm with our luggage and took the bus to Edinburgh, where we were to meet Holly. Jelte met us at St Andrews Square and fed us an enormous meal at a café, while chortling at our seemingly chaotic plans. Worrisomely, we couldn't find Holly.
But it all came together suddenly, as we threw not quite the right amount of money at Jelte, ran across the park back to the bus station, ran into Holly, and leapt onto our bus.
It wasn't the express.
This bus took five hours along narrow winding roads in lovely hill country. Despite getting motion sickness, I was still able to blearily appreciate the fresh, wild countryside. Small emerald green sheep pastures were divided from each other by hedges, stone walls, or wire fences. Occasionally there would be a house, or a town with a name that I'd always heard of: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or York. I'd like to go back to York, it's spectacularly quaint looking. The hills got less steep, the pastures slightly larger as we wound our way southward. By the time we got to Leeds, I was ready to never see another bus again, but on the up side, had probably lost 5 pounds from repeated vomiting.
But it all came together suddenly, as we threw not quite the right amount of money at Jelte, ran across the park back to the bus station, ran into Holly, and leapt onto our bus.
It wasn't the express.
This bus took five hours along narrow winding roads in lovely hill country. Despite getting motion sickness, I was still able to blearily appreciate the fresh, wild countryside. Small emerald green sheep pastures were divided from each other by hedges, stone walls, or wire fences. Occasionally there would be a house, or a town with a name that I'd always heard of: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or York. I'd like to go back to York, it's spectacularly quaint looking. The hills got less steep, the pastures slightly larger as we wound our way southward. By the time we got to Leeds, I was ready to never see another bus again, but on the up side, had probably lost 5 pounds from repeated vomiting.
Then we took another bus to the Travel Lodge, getting off, on the drivers' firm advice, about two miles ahead of the stop, and walking pleasantly through suburban roads to the airport hotel.
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