We climbed Arthur's Seat this evening at sunset. Arthur's Seat is an inactive volcano (that looks mostly like a GIANT grassy mountain), and from the peaks you can see the entire city of Edinburgh, the ocean, and the farms and hills beyond the city's edge. You can see for miles and miles and miles.
(Side note: We almost died in this endeavor. Never follow a crazy Scottish runner in the attempt to find a smooth path back down a mountain. Apparently runners here have some sort of magic power that allows them to shimmy down vertical slopes. We had to slide down on our bums, panicking.)
At the top of our climb, my heart melted, I think. It was so awe-inspiring, so...I can't even come up with the right word. Exhilarating? Gorgeous? Breathtaking? I feel as though none of them do it justice.
So combine all of those words, plus the majority of their synonyms, and perhaps then you will know how I felt on top of the world.
I am going to cry when we leave Scotland, I can already see it. I am in love with this city. Madly and irrevocably in love.
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