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Day 1.

For our school trip we boarded a train and headed off to Edinburgh. Paige, Melanie and Libby played uno and cards, while the boys played on their Nintendos. We were on the train for about 3 and a half hours (lots of uno) and lots of us were already tired as we all got up early (from four o-clock to half past five in the morning!!!)

Everyone brought some breakfast for on the train, some had sandwiches (though Melanie’s sandwiches got a bit squished in her bag), some had sweets (Libby had a few too many), some also had crackers and cheese strings. When we got off the train Miss Starr went to buy a sandwich (we think she forgot her breakfast) then we went to the national art gallery.

At the art gallery we met our guide who was called Duncan he showed us lots of famous paintings and sculptures. Duncan let us borrow some pencils and paper so we could draw some paintings and sculptures. One sculpture was of 3 naked ladies with their arms round each other called hope, faith and charity.

After the art gallery we went to the castle and took lots of photos. Paige, Libby, Jamie and Melanie wanted to buy an ice cream from the ice cream van outside, while Miss Scollay went to sort out the tickets but Miss Starr said no. Meanwhile Milosz was fooling around with Reece and Jack, Kenny wanted to take a photo but Melanie took some. When Miss Scollay came back we went in to the castle.

In the castle we got to listen to Irish music with some Irish dancing, Melanie took lots of photos and videos of the Irish dancing and the music, Libby kept on fidgeting and talking though.

Paige got glued to Miss Starr’s leg and Milosz got glued to Miss Scollay’s leg too because Milosz and Paige kept talking, walking off and being noisy. After leaving the castle we went to the Youth Hostel.

At the Youth Hostel we sorted out where we were all going to sleep, then we had some food. It was a choice of chicken and chips or mushroom pasta (yuck!!!!!!!!!)
When we had all finished eating we went to our rooms again (the boys in one room, the girls in another and the teachers in another) to sort out what stuff we wanted to take on the ghost tour.

At the place where we were to meet our guide, we met Andrew and Fiona who used to be in our class but moved to Edinburgh. As soon as the tour guide came he sorted out everyone out. In the tour there was a guy who threw water, a burnt monk who showed off all the time and said that two random ladies were his girlfriends. The guide kept spitting on Libby’s face but it was all part of the act. Melanie got hit in the head with a plastic rat named Pickles…

Day 2 next week…

Here are some pictures of us on day 1. We hope you liked reading our blog.

By Libby and Melanie