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Green Hills and Rugged Landscapes
I can't believe how lucky I was to be in Edinburgh when I was. Sunny weather and generally warm the WHOLE time I was there. With the blue skies and green hills, there was just so much natural beauty, it was hard not to find the city enchanting. The castle in itself has a striking presence that looms over the city. I was just surprised by how GREEN it was for being the capital city. So much open areas to lay out ...
Narco wars, male angst and a hippopotamus
... a bar at 1220PM. Some free shows really struggle though, the show I'd originally attended to go to was cancelled as I would have been the only person in the audience.
So to the Book Festival. This is a very different affair, all in one place (Charlotte Square) with a number of author talks, signings, a brilliant independent book shop specifically for the event and a bar and cafe. I went to a couple of serious events - Jon Ronson ("The ...
Scotland: Day 1
... Phone booths
7. Double decker buses (driving on the left side of the road, of course!)
8. Large stone buildings
9. Scotty dogs ( Fiona and I saw the SAME exact Scotty dog 4 times)
10. Harry Potter influences
11. Whiskey (plenty of tasting opportunities--had my first legal drink in europe!)
12. Potatoes ( Which are apparently called 'Jackets' here)
13. Hills (A big contrast to the flatness of Holland)
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Just a visit
If you call 8 hours in an airport a visit to a city than I totally visited Edinburgh....
We got in to the airport at around 9:30, ate some food. It was actually really good for what was available. and then we slept in another airport for the second night in a row for our 6:25 am flight in the morning. I will hopefully be returning to Scotland at some point.
Moving on to London...
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Nous sommes arrives, enfin!
... rattraper les heures de sommeil manquees. Il faut etre en forme demain car nous allons louer notre auto, et d'apres ce qu'on a remarque, ca sera tout un sport de conduire dans cette ville!
Plus de details et de photos a venir dans les prochains jours.
A bientot!
PS les douaniers Anglais ne sont pas plus commodes que les Americains, Audrey a eu son bapteme de l'accent anglais avec une douaniere a l'air bete...
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