Edinburgh, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Edinburgh Pin
Sep 7, 2007

Edinburgh Pin

Get your oats
Mar 23, 2008 (1 photos)

You could call it comfort food - or discomfort food for those with bad memories of lumpy, cold, or stodgy breakfasts. But porridge made from oatmeal has got to be one of the most nutritious and hearty ways to start the day, particularly if that day is ...

The Quest For The Indian Visas
Sep 1, 2004

Andy has had to go off to Edinburgh in the hope that we'll finally get these visas after all the crap we've already been through. Luckily, after a bus, a taxi and a boat, he's arrived back in Belfast with our visas... looks like we're going to India after ...

Those pesky Romanians
Aug 28, 2004 (2 photos)

With the Romanian embassy clutching onto our passports, and seemingly no chance of finding them anytime soon we ended up in Scotland. Having all taken two weeks off work and excitedly prepared ourselves for Romania, the embassy lost our passports. Its a ...

Great Scots!
May 23, 2007 (76 photos)

... 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 ...

Return to Auld Reekie - our first month back
May 17, 2006

When the plane landed at Edinburgh on Wednesday 5 April, I cried...that's it, it was ALL OVER. The trip we'd dreamed about and planned for so long, the 10 months we lived to the full and immersed ourselves in a medley of exotic new places, colours, ...

Misty Scotch
Jul 28, 2006 (11 photos)

... 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 worst. ...

Lassie turns religious
Sep 2, 2008 (1 photos)

My new collie dog is turning religious. Seen here, near the Yangtze, in a temple viewing area . . .

Cloning experiment on show in south China
Apr 29, 2008 (2 photos)

Edinburgh is home to that cloned sheep right? What's her name? Dolly. Well, right now, on the other side of the world, there is a call for human clones. They want as many as possible. They want them to gather this Thursday in a sub-tropical place known ...

Final week - counting down, gearing up
May 19, 2005

... and caught the 11.30am flight to London. Despite being real hard work and quite stressful, our final week at home in Edinburgh also included many cheerful excuses for a good party - a last braai and drunken bash with our sailing buddies on Friday the 20th ...

Trainspotting in the Birthplace of Harry Potter
Oct 28, 2007 (27 photos)

... 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 going  ...

Happy New Year
Dec 28, 2004 (7 photos)

... , 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 ...

Last Minute Panic
Jun 6, 2003

... of people were asking what my itinerary was, so here it is as it stands at the mo: Monday 9th June Leave Edinburgh at the crack of dawn to fly to Moscow 2 days in Moscow Wednesday 11th June Leave Moscow on the Train Thursday ...

Lucky Tickets
Jul 29, 2006 (9 photos)

... at the hostel. He was very jealous of them as he said he lived in Edinburgh and couldn't get tickets to the Tattoo. He didn't understand how they could so they told him he would need to book a holiday to Edinburgh through QANTAS to get tickets next year.

Less than a week to go!
Jun 2, 2003

Well this time next week I'll be on my way. I've had a really good weekend. Thank you to everyone who turned up to my party - it was good catching up with friends old and new, just sorry it's all over now, but I'm looking forward to going. I've just got ...

Fogmania and Hogmadoodle (Xmas and NYE)
Jan 1, 2007 (34 photos)

... was more than a little excited about the toasty and comfy times to be had in the comparative civilisation of London and Edinburgh over the yuletide break. Flights were booked, presents wrapped and friends and family notified of plans. Now all I had to ...

Scotland in winter - a new home. Brrr.
Nov 24, 2006 (33 photos)

... 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 ...

Closing shop
May 14, 2005

21 days to go! Ida and I have been rather busy over the past two weeks, winding down our jobs, arranging leaving do's, renting out our house, and receiving the last of our seven vaccinations. I, stupidly, as a result of my irrational fear of injections ...

Happy New Year!
Jan 2, 2008 (16 photos)

Hogmanay is a 3-day NYE festival held in Edinburgh, Scotland.  I heard about the reputation of Scottish and their parties so I decided to join in on their fun.  Hogmanay is a yearly event but it's been cancelled twice in the last four years due ...

The First Step
Mar 28, 2003

Well I've taken the first step in planning my journey. I've booked a trip with Russia Experience to go across Russia on the Trans Siberian Railway leaving at the beginning of June, only 10 weeks away now. I've also booked a trip with Intrepid around ...

Edinburgh!!!!
Jul 3, 2007 (10 photos)

... of wine pasta and pizza. Of course we managed to squeeze in a deep dried Mars bar on our way home!  Couldn't leave Edinburgh without that. It was incredible!  It sounds a little much but it was just lovely. Edinburgh was our favourite place so ...

Christmas!
Dec 25, 2005 (1 photos)

... till the 27th (Happy Birthday James!) where it snowed more in London and delayed my flight back!! We wandered around Edinburgh and did some last minute Christmas shopping, Edinburgh being nicely uncrowded. We avoided the sales considering the three of ...

Edinburgh - Whiskey and Kilts Anyone.
Apr 29, 2006 (21 photos)

... -eel not Jeckel as by Hollywood) as we wound through the alleyways and closes of Auld Reekie (the affectionate nickname of Edinburgh which basically means Old Smoky). May 01 - Monday Another glorious day. Again it's sunny with a few clouds but ...

Goodbye Dundee and Sam. Back to the open road...
Oct 14, 2005 (5 photos)

... I had heaps of laughs on the way down listening to 9 minutes of cartman quotes on paul's ipod. haha! We finally arrived in Edinburgh a few hours later and the weather was very chilly, but clear sky's again. Just like Dundee had been the last few days. ...

Hidden pies within a fortress
Oct 17, 2005 (6 photos)

... spent a couple of hours exploring the castle.  The top of the castle looks over the city and gives an awesome view of Edinburgh (being its highest point).  After exploring the castle it was such a nice day with blue skies, so we walked around the ...

Back to Edinburgh
Nov 2, 2007

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Edinburgh
May 30, 2005

David and Nicola's list Tuk tuk + oother 2 pounds Indonesia: 2 plaques with tounges 4 USD 1 bali figure 5 USD 1 buddah 3 USD (RON: Buddha face 7 USD)

Which would a dog prefer: bone or corn?
Oct 9, 2008 (7 photos)

My Collie dog, when recently given the choice between a large yak bone or a cob or two of corn chose . . . corn

They Think It's All Over........
Jun 29, 2006 (10 photos)

... seeing them both again, and strangely weird being back in Scotland. It's been quite a surreal month, I've seen cows in Edinburgh city centre, hob-nobbed with millionaires, given prizes to children at a local chess club's presentation night, and seen my ...

Bagpipes, Kilts and Stout
Apr 7, 2007 (51 photos)

... the time the sun started going down in London.  This meant we had quite a bit of time to keep exploring Old Town of Edinburgh.  We couldnīt help ourselves when we passed by a very old looking pub so we entered the low roofed place to sit for a ...