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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 1:25 AM
Back from Aberdeen and Inverness. Now wiser, 150 pounds poorer, and 1000 more of cam whore pictures! =) 18/7/08 - Aberdeen. Here's a brief introduction of the town. "The Flower of Scotland, The Silver City by the Golden Sands…Aberdeen wears its titles with pride. A prosperous cosmopolitan city, with a historical old town, Aberdeen has one of Scotland’s most striking skylines. Here is a quintessentially northern city, whose granite makes buildings sparkle after rain; whose outlook is across the seas rather than to the Central Belt; and whose speech retains the Scots idiom as part of everyday communication."We woke up at 7am, rushed our way to the train station because we were late for our 8.25am ride! But, we made it, of course.
  We got comfortable!  I slept on and off throughout the journey, to catch up on the sleep I missed last night. Too excited, couldn't sleep. Ha, yea right.
"The City of Aberdeen with a proud and fascinating history presents a modern cosmopolitan image to visitors. A thriving cultural calendar, lively theatre, and vibrant nightlife, along with excellent restaurants and attractions makes Aberdeen an energising city break choice."
And we arrived at Aberdeen, the Granite City.
 We were all excited and anticipated! So, it is true that all buildings in Aberdeen are greyish silver in colour, all made of granite. Hence, the Granite City. Duh~
 Our hostel was roughly 45minutes walk from the train station. Semangatnya, we walked all the way. As kiam as always, tryna save cab money. It was a lot further than we thought. We arrived at Aberdeen Youth Hostel.  At Union Terrace Garden,     Trying to imitate my dog shitting, but failed terribly. "Some things don’t change. You cannot escape the sea here, not since it was founded as a Royal burgh back in 1124. The influence of the harbour is everywhere (as are the gulls!), and the harvest of the North Sea continues. Where once streamlined clipper ships left the slipways for the China tea trade, now oil executives from all over the world drive to their comfortable homes in the suburbs."
 Aberdeen's harbour. Basically, there are many attractions in Aberdeen. But, of all days, River Island sale had to start today, so, our first destination was ... RIVER ISLAND! Initially tired, but after arriving at St Nicholas Shopping Centre, me and Sue were hyped once again! Going into River Island is SUICIDAL!
 The Art Musuem.    Aberdeen is a small town-like city, and the level of energy is low low low, contradicting to what that was written in the internet. For me, the only part of the city that is energetic is River Island boutique, hahahahha somebody please shoot me!
"Aberdeen has one of Scotland’s most striking skylines"
Most striking skylines? I think the tallest building I saw during my visit was the Marichal College. Seriously, I think they should visit Malaysia. For once, I feel so proud of my country.
 Marichal College. All in all, Aberdeen is a peaceful city, just like Glasgow. They are quite similar, (except that Glasgow has 2 much bigger River Island (shoot me again)) both cities are very slow, non-hectic, and they have many german cars (the amount of BMW and Merc here is equivalent to our Proton and Perodua in Msia)and English architectural buildings everywhere, but Glasgow has much more to offer. More restaurants, more crowd, more happening. Glasgow is a much busier city, busier than Aberdeen, but still peaceful, so you can imagine how boring tranquil (I'm being very nice here) Aderbeen is. Only the Union street, the main street in Aberdeen, has more shops and people. In short, Aberdeen is very mundane and laid-back. (But, it is not fair to compare Aberdeen with Glasgow la. Glasgow is, nevertheless, the biggest city in Scotland. I'm so mean. =( ) Aside from the impressive architecture, the city looks dull because of the greyish buildings and it is definitely not as energetic as claimed.
Seriously, I was rather disappointed. I should have known better that we couldn't trust the tourism of Scotland website.
Because I didn't see this,   Or this,  But, the company was all that matters!  Will post pictures of Inverness soon. Need to sort them out before posting. Hugs!
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 1:25 AM
Back from Aberdeen and Inverness. Now wiser, 150 pounds poorer, and 1000 more of cam whore pictures! =) 18/7/08 - Aberdeen. Here's a brief introduction of the town. "The Flower of Scotland, The Silver City by the Golden Sands…Aberdeen wears its titles with pride. A prosperous cosmopolitan city, with a historical old town, Aberdeen has one of Scotland’s most striking skylines. Here is a quintessentially northern city, whose granite makes buildings sparkle after rain; whose outlook is across the seas rather than to the Central Belt; and whose speech retains the Scots idiom as part of everyday communication."We woke up at 7am, rushed our way to the train station because we were late for our 8.25am ride! But, we made it, of course.
We got comfortable! I slept on and off throughout the journey, to catch up on the sleep I missed last night. Too excited, couldn't sleep. Ha, yea right.
"The City of Aberdeen with a proud and fascinating history presents a modern cosmopolitan image to visitors. A thriving cultural calendar, lively theatre, and vibrant nightlife, along with excellent restaurants and attractions makes Aberdeen an energising city break choice."
And we arrived at Aberdeen, the Granite City.
We were all excited and anticipated! So, it is true that all buildings in Aberdeen are greyish silver in colour, all made of granite. Hence, the Granite City. Duh~
Our hostel was roughly 45minutes walk from the train station. Semangatnya, we walked all the way. As kiam as always, tryna save cab money. It was a lot further than we thought. We arrived at Aberdeen Youth Hostel. At Union Terrace Garden, Trying to imitate my dog shitting, but failed terribly. "Some things don’t change. You cannot escape the sea here, not since it was founded as a Royal burgh back in 1124. The influence of the harbour is everywhere (as are the gulls!), and the harvest of the North Sea continues. Where once streamlined clipper ships left the slipways for the China tea trade, now oil executives from all over the world drive to their comfortable homes in the suburbs."
Aberdeen's harbour. Basically, there are many attractions in Aberdeen. But, of all days, River Island sale had to start today, so, our first destination was ... RIVER ISLAND! Initially tired, but after arriving at St Nicholas Shopping Centre, me and Sue were hyped once again! Going into River Island is SUICIDAL!
The Art Musuem. Aberdeen is a small town-like city, and the level of energy is low low low, contradicting to what that was written in the internet. For me, the only part of the city that is energetic is River Island boutique, hahahahha somebody please shoot me!
"Aberdeen has one of Scotland’s most striking skylines"
Most striking skylines? I think the tallest building I saw during my visit was the Marichal College. Seriously, I think they should visit Malaysia. For once, I feel so proud of my country.
Marichal College. All in all, Aberdeen is a peaceful city, just like Glasgow. They are quite similar, (except that Glasgow has 2 much bigger River Island (shoot me again)) both cities are very slow, non-hectic, and they have many german cars (the amount of BMW and Merc here is equivalent to our Proton and Perodua in Msia)and English architectural buildings everywhere, but Glasgow has much more to offer. More restaurants, more crowd, more happening. Glasgow is a much busier city, busier than Aberdeen, but still peaceful, so you can imagine how boring tranquil (I'm being very nice here) Aderbeen is. Only the Union street, the main street in Aberdeen, has more shops and people. In short, Aberdeen is very mundane and laid-back. (But, it is not fair to compare Aberdeen with Glasgow la. Glasgow is, nevertheless, the biggest city in Scotland. I'm so mean. =( ) Aside from the impressive architecture, the city looks dull because of the greyish buildings and it is definitely not as energetic as claimed.
Seriously, I was rather disappointed. I should have known better that we couldn't trust the tourism of Scotland website.
Because I didn't see this, Or this, But, the company was all that matters! Will post pictures of Inverness soon. Need to sort them out before posting. Hugs!
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