in Edinburgh

Last week I had been in Edinburgh on business. The atmosphere of the city was amazingly dark-fantasy medieval town, kind of Harry potter's world. The weather changed so much every 1 or 2 hour to rain, cloudy, and clear sky. After work, we had gotten together everyday to drink wine, whiskey, and beer with fatty delicious foods. Even in weekdays, many people stayed up late, drunk with yelling and singing. We learned and exchanged many culture differences and manners, which was really another turning point in my life (a bit dramatized..). One of the funny stories occurred when we drank a toast. In Italy, people say chinchin for a toast as I am correct, but Italy guys asked me what chinchin means in Japan. So I told the meaning xxx in Japan. Fellows further asked me what awesome chinchin means, so I translated the word into Japanese 'sugoi chinchin'. Ever since, fellows were cheerfully pointing out buildings and people, saying 'sugoi! chinchin~!' during walking around the city. I could not help laughing. Possibly I guess nobody of Japanese ever have told such bad words in exchanging cultures..