Culture, climbing, and migraines.

*Visit the National Museum of Scotland* - accomplished 17 October, 2012

The National Museum of Scotland reminded me of the British Museum, in miniature.  Not to say it's a small museum, because it's not.  There are three floors' worth of exhibits about various cultures, artifacts, etc from around the world, and about the earth itself.  I especially liked the rooms dealing with Pacific Island culture, and the earth's shifting geology.  All in all, a rainy afternoon made enjoyable, and for free!

Yesterday I climbed Arthur's Seat, for the first time since March.  It was a gorgeous day, and being a Sunday afternoon, there were about a million people with the same idea.  I could clearly the Forth Bridges looking west, and all the way to the Lomond Hills in Fife looking north.

Then yesterday evening, what I thought was a low-level heat headache brought on by exertion on the hill, blossomed into a full-blown migraine.  Not fun.  Not fun at all.  Luckily my flatmate Sam, bless him, gave me some paracetamol and turned out all the lights in the flat remotely near my room when he found out.  Once again, I'm so grateful to be living where I am now, and not where I was before.

The graduation gifts are beginning to trickle in, and I've got some last trips around the UK on deck for the coming weeks.  Stay tuned...

Cheers, y'all.