The People You Meet February 28, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Edinburgh , trackbackOne of the best things about traveling is the social aspect. Where you stay and what you do determine what kind and quantity of people you’ll meet.
I was pretty weary of the hostel we stayed at last night, but we were there for more than just to drop the larger bags off and we had a blast! We met perhaps 6 other travelers about our age and played ShitHead (a British card game ) for two hours. The night before we stayed at a less populated hostel and met a nice young man from Philly who was taking a break from his philosophy major to tour the UK and Europe. While I wouldn’t leave my valuables at the hostel, the last two nights were excellent in the way of being social without much effort.
Another great aspect of the travel is the people you meet doing activities. We climbed to the peak of the mountain today( gorgeous by the way) and met a man and his mountain climbing companion. He was a nice fellow who climbs mountains for fun.We joked around and he told us about how he aborted a climb because of the frigged temperatures and he ran into a group of young men going to climb the mountain in flip flops and t-shirts. A good laugh had by all.
On the way up and down the mountain we met quite a few people with dogs. There was a man who owns a Great Dane puppy that we had to stop and marvel at. The dog was flying up and down the steep side of the path running after rocks the owner was throwing. He looked more like a mountain goat from a distance. A teenager with a blue (Chris thinks it’s gray) Greyhound crossed our path on the way down and talked to him for a bit( Robbie, if your reading this, it was an Irish Greyhound ).
All the people we have met thus far have been irreplaceable elements in our adventure.
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