Museum of Scotland Edinburgh

Chambers Street, Edinburgh , Scotland, United Kingdom - Phone: (+44) 131 247 4422

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    Off and running in Edinburgh

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    We left from Chicago O'Hare at 4:10pm Friday, April 13th (auspicious, right?) on KLM. After a change of planes in Amsterdam, we arrived in Edinburgh just after 8:30am on Sa***************ed for the taxi stand to get a ride to our hotel. We didn't get far though before collecting our first story of the trip.

    Our cab driver was a …

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    Bonny Scotland

    After a week at home after Ireland we set off around the remainder of the Great British Isles. First port of call......Scotland and Edinburgh. The weather we'd been accustomed to since we set foot in the UK continued and followed us north. Meaning our first day in Edinburgh was pretty Much wiped out....we did manage a brisk walk in the rain / sleet …

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    Edinburgh!!!!

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    ... It is put on by actors that portray Scottish literary giants differently. one argued they got their inspiration from the mean streets of Edinburgh and the other argued for more aristocratic influence. It was a good way to learn both takes on what ...

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    A Castle on a Volcano

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    ... broke it in half. Oops.   After the tour we roamed around a bit more, in and out of the many museums of the castle and admiring the views of Edinburgh from high up.  After a while we got a bit bored with the Castle and decided to head out to ...

  • 3

    36. Hogwarts

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    ... , we spent the rest of our time indoors, reading, at pubs, haemorrhaging money in various eating establishments, and at the National Museum of Scotland, which is well worth a visit. We even spotted the world´s most pierced woman in her aromatherapy ...

  • 4

    Castle & Pub

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    ... Castle Rock majestätisch über die Stadt hebt, sehr spannend. Die schottischen Kronjuwelen sind darin ausgestellt, ein National War Museum of Scotland gibt's und natürlich einen wunderbaren Blick über die Stadt und die angrenzende Nordsee. Dazu ein ...

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    Fordham Comes to Scotland

    ... for a bit, taking a look into St. Giles Cathedral and wandering up and down the Royal Mile. We noted the sketchy Museum of Childhood and made jokes about Diane Sawyer's magical fairy powers until we finally decided that Andrei had forgotten to find a ...

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    The WOW City

    ... famous castle, walked all around and saw historic sites and beautiful streets. Then we met up with Kerrie who took us over to the Museum of Scotland and then we watched an incredible sunset over the city from the roof of the museum (by the way the sun ...

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    Fish and Chips Taste Just Like Turkey!

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    ... , and the discerning feature is that the Royal Museum is more like a Smithsonian with some of everything and the Museum of Scotland concertrates on just Scottish history. You could spend weeks in either one, and we opted for the "just Scotland" one. ...

  • 8

    Back on the Road again!

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    ... it was over to, what we call in the West Coast, Embra the midden capital! Or as it's officially known as, The City of Edinburgh/Dun Èideann. On contrary to most West Coasters, or "Weegies" I actually like Edinburgh. It's known as the most continental ...

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    Day 14 visit to the City of Edinburgh, Scotland

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    ... Edinburgh Castle.  Due to the crowds we decided not to go into the Castle but instead elected for a City Bus Tour. After the Bus Tour it was more walking a visit to the Museum of Scotland, shopping, dinner and then the train trip back to ...

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    Last Day in Edinburgh (Nathan)

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    ... red-pink marble that looked utterly out of place against the crumbling gray graves around them. We made a quick trip to the National Museum of Scotland across the street, but Glennica was tired and didn't want to linger long. It was, I have to admit, a ...