The day before we decided to hike Arthur's Seat. We wanted this trip to be more like a lose-weight-trip or build-stamina-trip. I had been sitting in the office or in the bed for far too long this summer, I was quite scared as I have not been moving for a long time. We braved the day anyway.

So there we were, looking so fresh in the morning. We took the tram to the city and then took the hop-on, hop off bus so we can get to the starting point of the hike.

In the beginning, the hike looked pretty harmless. We saw a few stairs, and sure it was fine. We saw a lot of people doing the hike too. It also seemed easy for kids who were doing it. Nagaraya nuts and lots of water helped me a lot. We took lots of photos and had a good conversation with ate Carla. There was also an ice cream truck which we told ourselves that we will get to have once we finished the hike. The views in the beginning were great!


An hour later, I was sure we were at the top already. However, we saw another peak and decided again to give it a GO (Because why not? We're here anyway, might as well, DO IT!).




There was another hill which was supposed to be the peak. It seemed reachable so off we went!

Compared to Hong Kong crowds in the mountains, the above was totally fine with me. I didn't really mind. We went down from the opposite side and tried to reach the ground by walking on the paved road. I thought it will take us a short time to reach the bottom, but we were probably walking for almost two hours. There were not many people doing this route so I was kinda nervous. I was thankful to see the map to tell us where we were.


The remaining walk was pleasant. We rewarded ourselves with a sugar rush! We bought ourselves some slush!


With just that, we continue our adventure at the Hollyrood Palace which was just walking distance. Taking photo is only allowed from the outside, but this is surely worth of our time. We learned a lot about Edinburgh's history.

We left Hong Kong on the 15th of August with the Qatar Airways 7 pm flight to Doha. It was a gloomy day in Hong Kong and the hubby dropped me at the train station. I felt sad that he won't be able to join this trip, but I let that feeling slide and decided to focus on this upcoming adventure. I felt excited! We will be going to Edinburgh, London, Madrid, Barcelona and then Paris.

We met ate Doris at the airport who just finished her duty. I look crappy in this picture, no make-up or anything, haha! That is because I am ready to have a good sleep on the flight.


At Hong Kong Airport, we tried the Platinum Lounge but for the price we paid, I don't think it is worth it. There is a good amount of food but because it is crowded, there are not many seats left. The lights are dimmed which supposed to help you relax.

Qatar Airways was comfortable. Each flight comes with a hygiene kit and two satisfying meals every time. Their monitors have loads of movies, however, I am glad that I have been able to get sleep.

The Edinburgh airport was small, really tiny (despite the huge airport tax we needed to pay)! Probably because people go there by train from London instead.