trivia, bingo & other scottish things

yesterday was such a fun day! we woke up and decided to go exploring. we walked through Grassmarket (where most of the bars/pubs/clubs are), then over to the Royal Mile and around there (home of the Whiskey Experience, as well as many touristy places where you can buy KILTS!!).


Grassmarket

We continued on to the Edinburgh Castle, and the views were unbelievable!


The Edinburgh Castle


The View


And passed this pub/restaurant, that I took a picture of for Barry!

Afterwards, we came back to the flat and made dinner. My flatmates and I are in the process of scoping out different places in the area with fun things to do each night. Last night landed us at Electric Circus, this bright bar that you can rent private karaoke/party rooms (we didn't, but kareoke's a must-do here.) We went for their Tuesday night popquiz and musical bingo night.

First we played Pop Quiz, (team name: Charming Chalmers - it's the street we live on.) They asked us trivia questions about everything from TV, Film, Music, General, Who am I (it was a whole packet!) By the second to last round, our team was in 2nd place! The announcers kept making fun of us a little because one of us would get so excited and yell the answer too loud and then everyone would get it, or because we didn't understand the accent so they'd repeat it in "american" for us. They were very funny.

After that, we played musical bingo. We were given a bingo card with different musical artists on it, and they'd play about 15 seconds of a song and we'd have to recognize who it was and mark if we had them (some people i'd never even heard of!) Needless to say, we didn't win...


We're definitely making it a Tuesday night tradition though!

Afterwards, we stopped at one more place on the way home that we passed, called Finnigan's Wake. It was really cool inside, and we all had this bright colored test-tube shot called the "Wild Shot". I'm surprised by the prices here and how they are so low (1-3 pounds for a drink, unless you get something totally fancy)! And how there is always something going on, it's great!!

Then we came back to the flat, and picked a theme out of a pot for...FRIDAY!! We're celebrating my half birthday and having a big bash! So we had to pick a theme.




We started with picking 1, then 3...then may have opened all 30 or so. Instead, we decided on a theme that wasn't in the pot at all. We're having a KE$HA party..unless we change our minds again. So excited!!

Will write again tomorrow, hope you all are enjoying the snow! We are getting nothing but non-stop rain here for the next week..boo!

Look for more photos on facebook soon!

XOXO