#46 - UK Trip: Road Trip to Scotland Part 1

Two days after we came back from London, we went for a road trip to Edinburgh, Scotland. We planned to stop over at a few places therefore we ruled out the flying out to Scotland although it's going to take total of 12 hours journey.

At 7 in the morning, we began our journey to our first stop, Birmingham.

Like the typical city in United Kingdom, Birmingham (to me) is a laid back town. But, it was totally based on my 1 and half hours observation. Since we won't be long here, the best place to be is the souvenir market/shop. We stopped over at this place called St. Martin's Market (a.k.a The Rag's Market). Unfortunately, it was not a souvenir market, it's a normal market where you sell every other things but not souvenir.

Damn.

We ended up buying halal chicken in front of the market. I must say, it was very delicious. Our next stop is Stoke-On-Trent.

PortMeirion; the place to be should you are in Stoke-On-Trent. It sells cookware, dinner set, kitchen ware and etc. This is actually NOT my kind of place. I spent the first 15 minutes going around the shop (and it's not even big) with no feeling at all. But I did grab some of the stuff there. 

But none of them were mine. Those are for our family and friends. I think if we have our own house then probably I would buy something but not now. Later, Insya Allah.

3 hours gone so went off to the our next destination; the city where you will never walk alone, Liverpool. The obvious place that we went was of course, THE Anfield Stadium. 

I bought some stuff for my brother as he is the only one in the family who is a supporter of Liverpool. But, to tell you the truth, Liverpool has better and more choice of merchandises. 

After some photo shoot sessions, we off to our last destination of the day, Edinburgh.

This magnificent view greeted us went we entered Scotland. From this spot, we were like 2 hours away from Edinburgh city. The moment we reached our rented apartment in Edinburgh, I was ready to pass out. It was one of the longest journey ever. Like literally.

End of day 1. Will continue the Day 2 entry later.