Europe - weren't we already on this train?

Our first mishap was assuming we could get a connecting train to London Waterloo from London Victoria. We actually had to connect in Cheltenham which meant we had to backtrack and we missed our next train. However, we did eventually make it to Salisbury where we viewed Amesbury, Stonehenge, Old Sacrum, downtown Salisbury, the Salisbury Cathedral and ate at this delicious local pub. Right before leaving Salisbury we called the airline and they had located Casey's luggage - yeah! The best part of this news was that they would reimburse us for any items bought due to lost luggage. No more smelly clothes for Casey. We decided to have them send it to the Glasgow airport so we could pick it up on our way to Paris.

Second mishap, we left Salisbury an hour later than we expected which got us into Bath at 5pm. Didn't seem late until we realized everything shut down at 5. So we got to see the outside of all the famous buildings but maybe next time we'll see the inside of them! We did find a clothing store where Casey bought some shorts, shirts, and socks. And, we found a fish n' chips pub that was open so we got some take out and ate in the beautiful park. We won't have any pictures of this because our camera battery died and the cords were in Casey's luggage. After dinner we moved onto Birmingham which was our final desitnation for the night. We arrived at 12am and got lost on our way to our hostel which was no fun in the cold! We slept for 2 hours before waking up late and running to catch our train.

We thought we finally caught our break because we caught the train on time and arrived to Edinburgh as planned. Edinburgh Castle was beautiful as well as the old town. We ate at this local cafe that served delicous panini's. We left a little bit earlier for Glasgow so we could see some of the sites there however; that never happened.

Third mishap, we decided to go to the airport early to pick up Casey's luggage to find that it took 45 minutes by train to get there. When we arrived they told us that his luggage was at the other airport so we had to backtrack 30 minutes on the train. Luckily the office hadn't closed and we got his luggage.

Fourth mishap, we realized that our hostel was too far from the airport to catch the first train in morning to get us there before check-in. Because of cancellation policies we had to pay for that hostel as well as find a new hostel closer by and pay for it as well. A little ray of sunshine for us, we found a nice quaint hostel that had everything we needed - a shower, internet, and most importantly a printer. We went to bed around 2am which we didn't plan but felt comfortable because we set our alarm.

Fifth mishap, alarm didn't go off and we didn't wake up until 6am. We were supposed to be at the airport at 5:30 am at the very latest. We jumped out of bed and got our clothes on and ran for the train. Keep in mind we didn't shower or even brush our teeth before leaving. We got to the airport only to find out that they stop boarding 40 minutes ahead of departure time. Our only option was to book a new flight and eat the cost of the old one. Our new flight departed for the other airport so back on the train for us.

Now we're waiting to board our new flight which puts us into Paris 8 hours later than expected. Wish us luck on this next leg of our trip!