Garfield Guest House Edinburgh

312 miles - set off at some un-Godly hour to drive from Chesterfield to Fife, Scotland to watch football! Trish likes the journeys but thinks the idea is crazy. Anyway, we are here now! Prior to the match we walked around the town - NOT Scotland's biggest attraction. Anyway, 2:30pm and I arrive at the ground ready for the match. One stand is fairly ...

... sundown we mosied off to the cinema to watch New Moon [murdering the adventurer in me once again..] which was.. *shudders* then just had a nice chillout in the train station until it was time to leave. My friends on the bus back, and me with the new friends on the warm train.

Nothing amazingly special, but it was a great day. And our new mates are coming over tomorrow for some more fun times! Gotta love travel. :)

... phones through to the AA and books a transporter to take me back to take me back to Nottingham (East Leake).

Tow truck 1, turns up at 11:50 to take me on the first leg of the journey home from Fort William to Stirling. This takes approx 3 hours and I get dropped at Stirling service station where I am supposed to be met by the next tow truck. It takes about an hour for the next truck to turn up. Which was arranged for 14:30

... the trip in Endinburgh. One item on the bus tour was a shop called Half Hung Mary commemorating a woman who was hung for witchcraft. As they were taking her body away, she came back to life and as the sentance had been carried out she was therefore a free woman who lived to a ripe old age.

My first impression of Edinburgh was of a fairly dour city, dominated by the rocky outcrop of Edinburgh Castle.

Sue

We were both looking ...

... amp; beakfast where one of my friends I had rode the train to Scotland with was saying and we saw some live music at a pub. I got back to the subway only to discover it had closed, at 11:00pm, 30 minutes earlier. I had to take a taxi back to my hostel. Kids, check your local public transportation schedule.

Tune in tomorrow to hear about my last and most adventurous day in Scotland in Great Scot, Part III: The Call of the Loch Ness.

Happy Travels!

... for a bit, I was intorduced to Penny and Elaine, and we began walking to find a cafe for some dessert. We found a nice little restaurant and got some British deliciousness and tea/coffee and continued to chat. Penny is adorably British and really sweet. After a while, we headed back to the hotel that Sara and Penny stayed at (Sara had arrived on Wednesday and had been staying with Penny up til then) to collect their luggage. Sara, Elaine and I walked Penny to the bus ...

Yesterday, Georgian House, a bit of shopping and napping, and the start of our tour... Today: This is my last evening in Edinburgh. I've barely slept while here, due to noise from the street. However, it doesn't seem to matter, as I'm still having a great time. We spent this morning with a local guide, Marilyn, taking a walking tour of the Royal Mile ...

SATURDAY, 18th November We took the bus into town and walked along the Royal Mile...at least the part we missed the first time. At the end was the ultra modern Scottish Parliament opposite which was the ultra old Holyrood House...a home from home for the royals when in Scotland. It cost of course but we had arranged to meet J and H there. The ...

... outside your bedroom door, but I am still coping well and looking forward to the next few weeks. Finally taking some holiday time in September and mother is coming back over to the UK and Europe. Very much excited about that. Show her my favourite Scottish city, St. Andrews, maybe Glasgow, and then hop a plane to a destination yet to be determined. Can't wait!!! Weather is alright here. I think the only place in Europe that isn't hot unfortunately, but mild and sunny ...

... to everyone so I'll stop (Mary Queen of Scots lived there, also Mary de Guise.. ok ..ok, sorry). So we're about to have dinner now. I can't wait to see what it is tonight. Tonight we'll go out for drinks in Dunfermline. ooh gotta gooh but I wanted to say that my breakup with Joe is possibly the most congenial in history. We're both totally on the same page. how nice! I'm sure we'll remain friends. ok bye!