Amherst to Edinburgh

Sunlight has finally begun to regularly appear in Edinburgh! When we first arrived, the sun wasn’t fully up until around 10:00 AM, and was down by 5:00 PM. From today’s perspective, it seems like an exaggeration. The sun comes up very early in the morning and stays up until 9:00 PM. One of the best places to enjoy all this light is in Princes Street Gardens. We’ve been a few times, for a few hours each time, and now the time is right to share the pictures.

On a day with good weather, the Gardens attract a lot of people in search of relaxation.

It was a Bank Holiday yesterday, bright and warm. Between the holiday and the weather, the gardens were packed. The difference that only a few days make is very clear between the two images. The last one was taken on April 27th, and this one on May 2nd. It only took five more days for the trees in the gardens to bloom.

May is good

Clearly, the gardens are meant for picnics. Here’s Celia enjoying a cheese-biscuit-and-grape sandwich.

And here’s Nateene with some freshly whipped ice cream.

Final Exams are imminent, but the relaxation Edinburgh provides is a good counterbalance. I hope that May looks this good for all of you!

-Don and Nateene