ok, i’m a little more awake now that i have seven consecutive hours of sleep behind me.

there was some debate whether to get a car or not. i am somewhat anxious about driving on the other side of the street, so i bailed on the car even before i got here. i think this was the right decision. if this city was laid out like phoenix or los angeles or even seattle, i don’t think it would be a problem. the thing is, edinburgh seems to be laid out like boston, only with narrower streets that seem to change names four times over the course of a half mile. also, they have charming point-of-interest street signs that read ’superstore police hq’ and ‘crematorium’.

the thing about working in scotland is that it isn’t like being on vacation in scotland, which is something i didn’t really consider. i don’t think i’m going to get a chance to see edinburgh during the day until weekend, though i may try to sneak out early every now and again and hit a museum or two.

today is my first bike ride to work. a lot of the streets are cobblestone. in seattle when a street still has the original cobblestones, they call it ‘old world charm’. here in the old world, they just call it ‘charm’.

that last sentence was a lie.

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