Dovecot House Bed and Breakfast

6 Dovecot Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 7LE, United Kingdom | B&B

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Highlands and Lowlands

A travel blog entry by angpuzzella

8

Just got back from my weekend trip to Scotland. I wasn't quite sure what to expect before my journey. I knew very little about Scotland and its culture. I was aware of the overwhelming use of plaid, the fact that they eat haggis (No, I did not try it), and that there was a mysterious place called the Highlands.

We took the train from King's Cross Station, and after a five hour ride we met up with our guide Michael. He looked a ...

Nice Fringe!!

A travel blog entry by markturner

14

... was in full swing, an incredible festival filled with random alternative and funny acts from around the world. It runs for nearly a month and has things going on every day! We looked through the schedule for the day and found we had time to go to two different shows as well as the Military Tattoo that we had booked in for 10 pm. The first show we had booked was called Out of the Blue, a cappella boy group from Oxford in Britain and so we headed in the right direction to see ...

Aaach nay

A travel blog entry by josephandjoel

9

... woman from the Mongolian consulate saying that she could issue our visa today, but we had to come to Glasgow. Joel and I made the trek over to get our visas and we are now officially done. We have all of our visas that we need to go on the Trans Mongolian trip in September. It was very stressful and we are so thankful that it is done.

Tonight we board a plane to Iceland so we must bid farewell to Scotland and our wonderful hosts Mark and Jane. Thank ...

Feeling every bit the tourist in Edinburgh

A travel blog entry by cathyandjustin

69

... all a bit old for me'. Me too.


We hot footed it over to the restaurant for lunch in the hope that this would pick up our spirits. After all, the Witchery had received rave reviews and was quite hard to get into. Several bland dishes later, a hefty bill and a headache from the dark we left the restaurant feeling a bit deflated. Perhaps the sou chef responsible for seasoning was on holidays for Easter?! Who knows. Nothing a ...

Technology Fails Us--but we overcome!

A travel blog entry by creneafly1on

14

... needs to visit a proper Scottish pub, so we pop down round the corner to Dickens Lounge for drinks. We were not at all impressed. There was some type of card game tourney going on and mixed drinks appeared to be unheard of. I opted for a Corona which seems easy enough throughout the UK! Dalton tried his hand at a DIY tequila sunrise. After a few rounds, we decided to call it a night, as Dalton could not get the cutie bartender to come round to his way of thinking.
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Location

This B&B, located in the Broomhouse area of Edinburgh, is near Edinburgh Zoo, Gorgie City Farm, Dean Gallery, and Murrayfield Ice Rink.
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