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Travel Blogs from Edinburgh
Royal Edinburgh Diamond Jubilee Military Tattoo
... not mystery fish trying to pretend it is shrimp. Still, we weren’t that pleased with the restaurant at the end. Too long to get seated, too long to get an order taken, food not as advertised and too long to get the bill at the end.
Back outside, it is going on 3 p.m. and we have the late show at the Tattoo so we had decided that we would do a nap in the afternoon in order to stay awake for the show. We ...
Edinburgh - Georgie, Porgie, Puddin', and Pie
... Even though that tax was repealed in 1851, the windows are still bricked over and painted today. Look closely at the picture, and you'll be able to tell which windows are real and which ones are painted.
But the most humorous thing we heard was about the origin of ...
Time to get packed and get going
... and board the ferry to Bilbao in Spain. From then the plan is to head for the Pyrenees mountains and then onwards towards Monaco and the Alps. I plan to tour around the Alps for a few days and simply then head towards Bosnia and then Hungary etc. Only time and money will tell how far I get. As of last year I will be taking ...
Edinburgh, the drive from Portree
Today we set off from Portree in Skye for the long drive across the island and the highlands to Edinburgh......... again some spectacular scenery
With a stop to look at a traditional 18th century "But and Ben"
We cross a little car ferry (the midges were out in force)
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Scotland and London the 2nd
... I could type adjective after adjective, but you'll all start to hate me, and that would be a bad thing.
Scotland is synonymous with just one thing for many people: Loch Ness. We got to tour the Loch, and spend some time in the town of Fort Augustus: don't worry, I'll keep the adjectives to a minimum, but briefly, it was a special place: beautiful, quiet and definitely eerie. The water of the lake is so dark, near black, that you'd very nearly believe all the ...