I've just got back from a whistle stop visit to Edinburgh. This afternoon I was walking down the Royal Mile thinking how much I enjoyed the city and felt at home there. This is despite the fact that the last time I paid the city a fleeting visit was almost 13 years ago.
I do find it strange (not in a peculiar way) how certain places just feel right whilst others don't. Take Chester - a town I always wanted to visit. Some years ago I spent a long weekend there and as soon as I arrived, wanted to leave. Didn't like the place at all. Can't explain why, just didn't. Edinburgh, on the other hand, makes me feel comfortable, like home. Walking around today it didn't feel like it had been such a long time since I had last walked it's streets. The other place I feel at home are parts of Cornwall.
I find it intriguing how we can get a "sense of a place" which either makes us feel comfortable or not - this is regardless of any actual experiences that may happen.
Anyway, I'm glad that despite the fact that they are digging up Princes St to prepare for the trams, the city hasn't lost any of it's charm and beauty.
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You should have been there back in August! Wow!
 | SloshedAndVexed pro 2008-01-25 @ 01:00 |
I like Edinburgh , lived there for 5 weeks in 1985 , and for a week in 1998 ; I used to feel that I had some affinity with Scotland and would like to live there but
what with a lot of anti-english feeling amongst apparently quite a lot of Scots , though not that I experienced any of that there ...
 | RunDontWalk pro http://menomamauk.blog.co.uk 2008-01-25 @ 01:07 |
Hello there. Great to see you...you may wanna come to the Scotland Blog Meet in November as it will be held in Edinburgh!!!! WOOHOO!
I mentioned this before...it is strange how you can visit a place or be in a place and it just feels right...Maybe a past life thing...for me it is the new forrest....
 | Confuddled pro 2008-01-25 @ 20:32 |
Interesting you mention past lives. I like the thought of having lived in Edinburgh in a past life. Just hope I wasn't one of the witches that got drowned!
 | Usksider pro http://www.usksider.co.uk 2008-01-25 @ 10:35 |
That's interesting: I know just what you mean though. There are places I've always felt at home in... parts of Cornwall have always drawn me too. The one thing that always bothers me a little is arriving somewhere for the 'first' time and instinctively knowing the layout of the streets, for example... gives me an odd feeling.
| Confuddled pro 2008-01-25 @ 20:34 |
Agree. I must admit that although I obviously have visited Edinburgh before, I was quite taken aback about how it felt - as if I had trudged those streets only the day before!
 | sidejump [Member] 2008-01-25 @ 22:12 |
i thought about past lives too when i read your post. Who knows, there is still so much we don^t know.
| Confuddled pro 2008-01-25 @ 22:52 |
Agree, there is so much we don't know or can't explain.
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