{"id":108,"date":"2023-05-03T21:29:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T21:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mollybresnahan.me.holycross.edu\/?p=108"},"modified":"2023-05-03T21:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T21:29:17","slug":"arthurs-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/2023\/05\/03\/arthurs-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthur&#8217;s Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of April, my brothers came to visit Scotland for a few days.\u00a0 We spent the long weekend in Edinburgh and I got to check another thing off of my to-do list for the city: hike Arthur&#8217;s Seat. This is a hill in the middle of Edinburgh that when you hike it, offers incredible views of the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-113 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0112-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"top of a hill overlooking Edinburgh\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">view from the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The entire hike up was also really beautiful and I couldn&#8217;t believe we were still in the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0104-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"hill surrounded by green grass and a blue sky\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">on the way up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0103-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"pond with birds flying and a blue sky\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the view before even beginning to hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I would not consider myself a skilled hiker or even a casual one but this hike was definitely doable and completely worth it.\u00a0 I spent a lot of time in Edinburgh over the past year and Arthur&#8217;s Seat was one of my favorite things about the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0942-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"two people selfie overlooking edinburgh\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">selfie for our mom&lt;3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-108 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/img_0120\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0120-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"boy posing overlooking edinburgh\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0120-scaled-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0120-scaled-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0120-scaled-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0120-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0120-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-117'>\n\t\t\t\they bro!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/img_0939\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0939-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"girl standing overlooking edinburgh\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0939-scaled-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0939-scaled-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/mollybresnahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/04\/IMG_0939-scaled-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, 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