Edinburgh Science Festival and Scotland
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We arrived in Edinburgh on a cloudy
Sunday evening, so we didn’t get our
hopes up for the weather. However, while
Finland was still grey, Scotland ended up
having blue skies, green grass and blooming
flowers for our whole stay.
On Monday we attended Edinburgh Scien-ce
Festivals lectures. The first lecture was
Jonny Berliner’s Science in Song: Songs for
Science Education. His talk was all about
how easily science can be made accessible
and understandable for everyone, and I lear-nt
quite the bit myself. Next one was Dr.
Jack Lewis’ Science of Sin, an inspiring talk
that brought light to how religion and scien-ce
go hand in hand.
On Tuesday we woke up bright and early,
packed our bags and began our Scottish
Highlands tour. Our first stop was the to-wn
of Pitlochry, then Cairngorm National
Park and third was the famous Loch Ness,
our longest stop and the one everyone had
been looking forward to. Unfortunately, no
monsters were spotted, and we continued
our journey to Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest
mountain. We were lucky to see it in its
full glory, which is apparently very rare in
cloudy Scotland. Last but not least was the
historic and beautiful Glen Coe. Of course,
the tour wouldn’t have been nearly as good
without our wonderful tour guide, Paul!
On Wednesday morning we took the bus to
St. Andrews, home to the oldest university
in Scotland. It was warm and sunny and the
town was bustling with university students.
After wandering about the town and disco-vering
famous spots and places, me and my
roommate had time for a cheeky Nando’s
and some shopping.
We came back to Finland on Thursday with
happy memories, lots of photos and maybe
just a bit too many pounds worth of Pri-mark
products. Nevertheless, it was a fun
and memorable trip and I would definitely
recommend it to anyone!
Teksti Max Kuha