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The coolest thing you can do on Hoy is to climb the mountain called the Old Man of Hoy. It is this peak facing the open Atlantic ocean, with cliffs jutting out over the water and then falling straight down. It’s supposed to be this amazing hike, but unfortunately (due to dad not pre-booking theContinue reading “Day 3: Breck Ness”

Monday morning, the sky was heavy and grey. And now, everything was about business. My dad had traveled to Orkney to do research for a piece about wave energy, and Orkney’s really in the forefront when it comes to renewable energy. But, Orkney is a place where public transportation isn’t very easy to come by,Continue reading “Day 3: Hoy”

Mr. P, relaxing in the afternoon sun on the five thousand year old mound.

We left Edinburgh on Sunday morning and boarded the tiny propeller plane that took us to Orkney, the group of islands just north of the Scottish mainland. That’s where the actual purpose of our trip was to be achieved: dad’s interviews. However, since it was Sunday, and no offices were open, we had the wholeContinue reading “Day 2: Old stones of Orkney”

Mr. P enjoying the view from our Edinburgh hotel window. The floor wasn’t even and our room was four floors up without an elevator, and the staff of the hotel wasn’t very friendly, but still, the view kind of made up for everything. It was grey, we saw the ocean, and it was Edinburgh.

Of course, I couldn’t get enough of the flowers at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. And since I’m not planning to become a photographer anymore, I’ve decided not to care about the banality of taking photos of flowers.

But the absolutely best part of Edinburgh is the Royal Botanic Garden. It is big, but you never get the feeling of it being this vast garden. Instead, it is planned around these themed areas, surrounded by patches of trees, which creates a moment of surprice. Every time you walk around a bend in theContinue reading “Day 1: A walk through the garden worthy of a queen”

We arrived in Edinburgh, dad and I, late on Friday night, June 14th. But since the only travely thing we did during that day was to sit in a bus, an airplane and a taxi, I don’t count that as really part of the trip. So, my Europe adventure started on Saturday, June 15th. ItContinue reading “Day 1: Hordes of tourists in Edinburgh”

So, I’ve started my trip through Europe now. Hopefully, I’ll be able to keep up the blog and write about things in real time – but just to make sure, I thought I should have a system. So, my idea is: every post that is place/date dependent, will have a title that starts with theContinue reading “an introduction to a trip”

Well. I’m in Edinburgh now. Seeing new things and taking a crazy amount of photos makes me exhaused, in a very different way than studying does. Therefore, I am going to sleep now. Tomorrow, we’re going to the Orkney Islands.