Art as a form of life in Edinburgh🌼

I bought a day bus ticket to explore around the south of Edinburgh. The place I lived near Juniper Green (a historical mill village) & Colinton (a historic conservation village) where have some walking paths along the road full of green spaces.  There is no high-rising building to block the view of the sunny sky. 

While waiting for the bus to Mortonhall, I encountered one local who was nice to me. We began the conversation by his telling me, 'I am afraid your bus will be delayed and it happened normally on Friday afternoon.', a sincere face and a caring tone.

I smilingly told him my destination and the bus I was waiting, then he used Google map from his smartphone to show me possible choices. But he did not know the place where I was heading for, admitting that 'I am new here'. I then told him, 'the houses here are very beautiful, do you think this is a posh area?' He answered me 'yes' and he told me he did not live here but another side of the area.

Indeed, the bus I wanted to take delayed for 45 minutes so I decided to take another one and to transfer twice to my destination. 

Likewise, when I was waiting for my bus to return my place from Mortonhall, an old gentleman next to me turned his head to ask me, 'aren't you going to take this bus?' again, with a sincere face and a caring tone, before his hopping on the bus. I shook my head to wait for the next. But I was wrong, actually the next bus No. 400 run the same route. I did not take the early one is simply because of unfamiliarity as the bus colour seemed a bit different.

Both of them are so polite enough without asking like 'where are you going'; instead, they ask me 'which bus you want to take?' or 'aren't you going to take this bus?' to ensure that I know what I am doing or am going to. I can tell they are trying to help, worrying I will get lost in the countryside, while at the same time respect my privacy.

My smartphone battery was running out when I hopped on the bus. I told the bus driver will this bus pass 'Cross Road' --a significant highway-- which I can remember as a mark to go home.  'Yes' said he with a friendly smile, and nicely reminded me to get off when the bus near the place. 

Around Gillespie Road—the posh area as the local gentleman confirmed—I hopped off the bus to walk along the way to return my place and to appreciate every unique house built along the road. 

The interaction with the local people and the beautiful houses within this area constitute a luxury bus trip I have experienced!

生活是一種藝術形式，人們在其中互動並建造莊園

我買了一張在愛丁堡南部探索的一日公交車票，沒有高層建築可以遮擋陽光明媚的天空。

在等公共汽車去Mortonhall時，我遇到了一位對我很好的當地人。我們開始談話時他告訴我，“我擔心你的公共汽車會延遲，而且通常在星期五下午發生。”一個充滿關懷的真誠面孔。

我微笑地告訴他我的目的地和我正在等待的公共汽車，然後他使用手機上的谷歌地圖向我展示了可能的選擇。但他沒聽過我要前往的地方，承認“我是新來的”。然後我告訴他，“這裡的房子很漂亮，你認為這是一個豪華的地方嗎？”他回答我'是'，他告訴我他不是住在這裡，而是住在該地區的另一邊。

事實上，我想要的公共汽車延遲了45分鐘，所以我最終選擇了另一輛公共汽車並轉2種車到我的目的地。

同樣地，當我在等我的公共汽車從莫頓霍爾莊園回到我的地方時，我旁邊的一位老先生在他乘坐公共汽車之前，帶著誠摯的面孔和關懷的語氣,   轉過頭問我，“你不打算坐這輛公共汽車嗎？”。我搖搖頭等待下一班。但我錯了，實際上下一班400號公路也是同一條路線。我沒有搭前1班只是因為不熟悉，因為公車顏色似乎有點不同。

他們倆都很有禮貌，沒有問過“你要去哪裡”;相反，他們問我'你要乘坐哪輛公共汽車？'或者“你不打算坐這輛公共汽車嗎？”確保我知道自己在做什麼或者要去做什麼。我可以說他們正在努力幫我，擔心我會在鄉下迷路，同時尊重我的隱私。

當我跳上公共汽車時，我的手機電池電量耗盡。 我問公車司機，“這輛公車會過'Cross Road''嗎？  - 一條重要的高速公路 - 我記得它是回家的標誌。 “是的”他帶著友好的微笑說道，並且很好地提醒我在那附近的公共汽車站下車。在吉爾斯皮路（Gillespie Road）周圍 - 當地紳士確認的豪華區 - 我從公共汽車上下來，一路走來回到我的地方，並欣賞著沿路每座獨特建造的房屋。

和在這個地區的人們互動,以及漂亮的房子構成了我所經歷過的豪華巴士之旅！