Edinburgh Castle

A day in Edinburgh

London was cool...and we had a great time. Edinburgh is a screaming kilted scotsman of cool on crystal meth wielding a claymore! Just so there's no confusion, I LOVE EDINBURGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The hotel has been simply marvelous. We've been staying at the Capital Residences on Pilrig Street. It's not far from downtown and right on the bus …

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So we are now in Edinburgh. Arrived yesterday in a little zip zip rental car (we have rented it for 2 weeks), named the 'Italian Stallion'. And NO we didn't name it that, Avis did.
Yesterday we drove from Clive and Tino's in Chamberlain Street and headed directly...through a country (England for those who are just as geographically inept as I …

Ok Grandma, we will admit, now that we have been to Edinburgh, you are right, it is a beautiful city! It's very surreal to walk out of a shop (don't worry we didn't buy much more) and instead of looking at skyscrapers, buildings, more shops or parks, you see this amazing castle standing proud on top of a hill that seems to just plunge away from the …

Today we bust off thinking we are going to Loch Lomond, but turns out we somehow got canceled from the tour. Oh well. We decide to take care of ourselves and tour Edinburgh on our own. First stop, Edinburgh Castle. As castles go I am sure this was a splendid job. We had a wonderful cup of tea and a chunk of carrot cake at Queen Ann's restaurant--it …

Today was the first full day we had in Edinburgh and we had a packed itinerary. The day started with me taking an early morning walk up and down the Royal Mile. It was refreshing to see the old city serene and not overwhelmed with tourists and souvenir vendors.

After a light breakfast, we started our touristy trek at Edinburgh Castle. If …

We arrived in Edinburgh about 6pm, checked into our Guest House and went for a walk to find some food. We dined at Cloisters Bar, which was converted from an old manse. I dined on chicken stuffed with Haggis, thought I should give it a try, was actually edible but don't know if I would be eating it again any time soon. We spent the morning walking …

Today we had an action packed day touring around Edinburgh. We started our day with a tour of Edinburgh Castle. The views from the castle were beautiful. We didn't spend too much time in the castle grounds. After the castle we made our way to The Royal Britannia which was the official ship of the Royal Family. It was neat to see how the "Royals" …

So I didn't end up sleeping too well last night...more people arrived in my room later in the evening and it woke me up. I also tossed and turned a bit, being uncomfortable, but hopefully tomorrow will be better! I had set my alarm for 7:30 so I could get out early to the castle, but I ended up getting up at 8:30 and didn't get out of bed until …

... I even scratched the surface. Back being tourists the next morning, we visited Calton Hill, Calton Graveyard and walked around Edinburgh Castle. As far as cities go, Edinburgh has to be one of my favourites. Like London it has an interesting ...

... ;(sincerely too since I really didn't even realize) and the guy snapped back "ya right!"...oops, what a jerk.   The castle was good but I don't think it's worth 15 pounds. Our hostel owner later told us that they had ...

... , no comments being made but it falls on the THIRD of January (every year). We went up here for the famed Hogmany, Edinburgh's street party. Now, remember I lived in Japan so you would think I would be used to large crowds of people, but Hogmany was ...

... saw more green hillsides, hedgerow and stone fences and sheep than we had ever imagined. Our Scotland experience started in Edinburgh. One of Melanie' colleagues, John, lives outside of Edinburgh and invited us to have stew and shortbread at his house ...

... drive for the rest of the day, heading up past the Wallace Memorial and onwards to the Fourth Rail Bridge just outside of Edinburgh. When we arrived in Edinburgh we checked in to the last hostel of the trip which unfortunately was probably the ...

... out of commission for a few days.  Anyway, that left me free to explore around the city and take photos.  The United Kingdom is great but I'm thinking I may need to mix it up a little and make it even more interesting by ...

... in the morning taking in the Parliament building and Scott's Memorial. Walking up to the top of town we saw the famous Edinburgh Castle where they were setting up for the Edinburgh Tattoo. Lucky Glenys and David are attending in a weeks time. They ...

... finishing, an effect I adore, so I'd have to mark it down on that ;-) No visit to Edinburgh is complete without a visit to the Castle - a very odd jumble of stately buildings atop the craggy peak that has served as a major strategic point in ...

... it to London. More on that later... Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, the traditionally troublesome northern part of the United Kingdom, and now home to a reasonably new Scottish Parliament. 600,000 of Scotland's 5 million or so inhabitants live ...

... for a bit of a walk around Edinburgh.  First up we walked right up the entire length of the Royal Mile to where the Edinburgh Castle is.  We walked to the left of the castle first up and there's this huge wall with a little window hole in it ...