City Bus Tour!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I went on a on bus tour of Musselburgh and Edinburgh with the international relations office of my school. While the address of my uni changes from Musselburgh and Edinburgh, I would say that we are closer to Musselburgh. Musselburgh is home to the oldest golf course in the world, a popular horse race track as well as one of Scotland's most prestigious private schools. For me it is a quant town with great walks and a beautiful scenery!

Next we headed into Edinburgh and the day was a blur from there! We spent a majority of the time on the bus, listening to our fantastic tour guide, Ian, explain various bits of Edinburgh's history to us. Did you know that Edinburgh has a system of underground tunnels that you can visit and are said to be haunted? OR that technically there is an Old and a New Edinburgh city? We learned some great facts and I got some cool shots!

Beautiful view from the seaside outside of Musselburgh 

 On our way to Edinburgh, we passed on one of the buildings that used to house part of QMU. QMU moved out of the city back in 2008 (or 2007) to have more space and be in more of an central location. 

The Scotts Monument on Princes Street

AKA The "Rocket" of Edinburgh 

 The Palace of Holyroodhouse

AKA The Palace of Holy Cross

The shield outside of  

The Palace of Holyroodhouse

 Throw what you know!!!!! #chiomegalove

 IIHD students outside of 

 The Palace of Holyroodhouse

 The new parliament for the Scottish government.

 Arthur's Seat!

 Hedda, Me and Stella!

 IIHD Students with our Tour Guide!

 Overlooking Edinburgh! 

 Edinburgh Castle!!!!!

 The shield above the Edinburgh Castle!

Love a man in a kilt!

 Rub his toe for good luck!

And whats the best way to end a fun day? With our 1st drink at the Pub!

Cheers!

XOXO

Michelle

A Scottish Tribute to the Academy

Today I went on a bus tour of Musselburgh and Edinburgh with the international relations office at QMU. It is so funny to think of myself as international! It was a great trip filled with a trip to the famous Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Mile and other popular sites.

Edinburgh Castle

Outside of the Edinburgh Castle with Hedder

But the BEST site was at The Palace of the HolyroodHouse or in english the Palace of the HOLY CROSS! OMG OMG OMG!

Me outside of the Palace

As you may or may not know, I went to Holy Cross Elementary for middle school and then The Academy of the Holy Cross (AHC) for high school. AHC is an all girls high school in Maryland, where I spent some fun high school days

The ironic part is that yesterday or the day before (depending on when this goes up) was Holy Cross Day. Even though I am an alum of the school, it still holds a special place in my heart, not only for the experiences that I had (both good and bad) but for the friends that I met there. No one would have thought that 9+ years later, that I would still be friends with many of the girls that I met their. We have been through the best and the worst of times together and I don't know what I would do without them. 

2008

2012

So to my LOTA's (Ladies of the Academy), todays post is for you! Know that even though I am far from you now, you are in my heart. I am glad that I have found this place that reminds me of you all. 

Love your LOTA,

Mike Jones

Ps. Girls, look in the mail, something from the palace is coming your way!