We said goodbye to Belgium and headed back to Paris to catch our flight to Edinburgh. Unfortunately, we didn't do a lot of research before booking this flight so ended up with Ryanair tickets because they are "cheap". Firstly this meant a lot of mucking around to get there as the Ryanair Paris airport is actually about one and half hours from Paris. Our next problem was with luggage; we had a carry-on bag to fit in souvenirs that we had bought along the way, however, Ryan air's carry-on bag size is smaller than normal so they made us put it on checked luggage for a fee of €135, which ultimately meant our cheap tickets weren't that cheap after all.
To top off our flight we were interrogated by the border control official in Edinburgh, eventually he realized we weren't there to stay in the UK for good and gave us our stamps (and I must say even though he was obviously thought we could be a risk he was much friendlier than border control in a lot of of other countries -USA).
Eventually, after a long day, we made it to our hostel were I proceeded to go straight to bed and sleep. We woke up to a beautiful Scottish day - that is grey with a light drizzle. This was basically the the weather we got for our few days in Edinburgh, after the warm days in Europe it was weird having to wear warm clothes and jackets. We didn't let the weather perturb us though, especially as we were there to see shows at the festival so there was plenty to do inside, we just had to get to the venues.
We really enjoyed our time at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. We saw several very well performed plays, watched some stand up comedy, tasted some whiskey and enjoyed some hearty food and warm beers in cosy pubs. And all of this with the lovely view of the Edinburgh castle looking down on us.
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