09 April 2006
Guess where I was yesterday?
(Hint: That's Edinburgh Castle.) Yes, in the most glamorous move I've ever made, I flew to Edinburgh for the day to visit Cally. It might seem like a ridiculous expense, but anybody who's met up with blogging pals knows it's well worth it!
My flight left very early in the morning, but was so very slick. I'd already checked in on-line and printed my boarding pass, so when I got to the airport (driven there by the generous Rob), I just waltzed to the security check and then onto the plane. It's only about an hour flight, but they even served breakfast! Luxury. A short bus ride from the airport to the city, and I was in Edinburgh before nine.
I wandered around by myself for a while, getting a cup of coffee and thinking how strange it was to be back in Edinburgh. I studied just outside the city for a while, and every time I go back, it seems like an amazing homecoming, but at the same time, as though I never left. It's a lovely, lovely city -- the best in the world -- and you'd be wrong to say otherwise.
Cally and I met up at eleven and headed off to do some second-hand shopping. No great finds, but lots of good discussion. How is it that two people whose lives have converged only at this one time can have so much in common and be full of things to share? Finally somebody else has read Gerald's Game and knows about the scary guy in the corner! And the dead-girl walk from the Gothika trailer! (To be fair, Whit knows about dead-girl walk too.) We spent a lot of time talking about the things that scare us, perhaps only because nobody else ever admits to these things.
I think one of the best parts of the day was over lunch, when I said, 'Oh! I brought you some things!' and Cally said, 'Oh! I brought you some things too!' We hadn't planned to bring gifts, but I guess that just goes to demonstrate the amazing generosity of the crafty community on the whole.
We ended the day with cups of amazing hot chocolate from Plaisir du Chocolat, and I finally had to head back to the airport. I had another nice flight back to London, unable to stop smiling, because, you know, the world's just so nice!
p.s. -- I forgot my camera, so the photos are from my phone, which is why they look funny.
p.p.s. -- Edinburgh loot post to follow.
What a happy accident - I'll bet you are glad you forgot your camera, the shots from your phone are great. Very spooky, ethereal and storybook.
The chocolate cake looks amazing too... yum
posted by edwina at April 9, 2006 11:11 AM
Agree with Edwina... that second shot is completely ethereal. And those chocolates and cake... oh, I dare say they'd need to roll me out of that shop!
posted by wilsonian at April 9, 2006 12:29 PM
I've read Gerald's Game! It was a looong time ago, along with nearly everything else by King.
Although I suppose I might be the only excited that a miniseries is premiering this summer that covers several short stories from Everything's Eventual, Nightmares and Dreamscapes and Nightshift. Pity nothing from Four Past Midnight.
posted by mo at April 9, 2006 10:26 PM
So glad you wrote up our day so well, I was wiped out next day and haven't done a decent blog yet, but feeling perkier today and loving your photo's. Xxx
posted by cally at April 11, 2006 04:07 PM
You lucky! Edinburgh AND Cally!
posted by Alicia P. at April 11, 2006 08:46 PM