Oot & Aboot: The Castle

So Edinburgh Castle was a busy attraction when i got there. Lcukily when i had got to the ticket booths the rain had came down 5 minutes earlier had finished. My first Scotland shower! I'm sure there will be many more :)
The Castle was quite magnificant to walk through. I loved the William Wallace & Robert the Bruce statues overlooking the gated entrance. It was amazing to walk through something so old and imagine living in a castle. The Scots sure do have a colourful history, especially in war so it will take a while for me to get my head around it all. Especially so many years of it. I watched the one o'clock gun go off. I was waiting to take the shot and when it actually went i frickin' got a shock and ended up taking a picture of sky. Dammit! I had trouble seeing past a couple of tree trunk Germans who stood at the front of the crowd in front of me the shrimp. Thanks.
After the castle it was time to head to Princes Street. Ooooh yeah, the shopping mecca was finally located. As suspected, it was love at first sight seeing TopShop. I was loving it. So much better than shopping online. And woul you believe it, i arrive on the first say of their sale. MUST RESTRAIN.
After getting that excitment out of the way i also went to the local JobCentre to apply for my National Insurance Number. Your NI number is basically a tax file number. I'll need that for when i get a job. It was a lot easier to get than anticpated and it should arrived in my mail in about two weeks. Check. Then i headed to 3 Mobile & Vodafone to compare what they have as i really need a phone asap. I need to be contsctable locally for when i look for a flat and for jobs. I ended up going with Vodafone and bought a really shit 30 pound pas as you go phone. Less features than the Nokia i bought 2.5 years ago. But it'll do. Cheap rates to call home which is a plus, only 5p for one minute.
After all that excitement i headed to Subway for lunch. God bless subway. It's everywhere and it'll be a cheap lunch and dinner if need be. then on to St James Centre shopping mall to look around and for Dad to go to his football shop. It was here where i finally found a newsagent that sold my cross stitch magazines. Phew! By this point in time i was quite tired and ready to head back to the hotel. I could still feel the jetlag. So off to the apartment for dinner and some serious sleep.