Royal Mile Accommodation Edinburgh

... already know all the best spots!

We plan to visit Edinburgh before going onto London. As my husband is of Scottish heritage. I need MUCH advice on getting around Edinburg, Scotland without driving ourselve. We only have a few days before we head down to London so we would like to maximize our time there without being frantic

... but one side has nothing - it's just bare and exposing a monstrous building left from the time when the area mined coal from under the sea. I ask a guy sat next to me what the building is used for now and he tells me that it's going to be dismantled but requires a lot of money and asbestos specialists to take it down. The coastline will look ...

... the cold again, wondering where the hell this next bus is cos it wasn't on the schedule, and some random bus pulls up. Lovely old Stagecoach, joy. Getting on, the driver's moaning about how **** it was, and we're just like oh well it'll get us there right?

"We'll see.." .. highly reassuring, mate.

No issues though, and then around 11am we pull into Edinburgh! Finally got to see the Forth Bridge, and then seeing ...

Today, I was planning to go to the youth hostel at the castle, but the Land Rover had other plans!!!

Oh dear, game over! I popped out to start the Land Rover this morning at around 9am and the engine was smoking like a trooper and sounding a lot worse than it normally does. I called the AA at around 10:00 and they turned up at at around 10:45 from a local garage. He told me that the engine is fairly terminal (piston problem ...

... had a chocolate craving after that and found a cool place called Chocolate Soup. They had all kinds of hot chocolates and coffee drinks as well as cupcakes and baked goods. You could even get a shot of Chocolate! I had an amazing hot chocolate with cinnamon and nutmeg in it. Mmmmmm...

The next day we had a scavenger hunt around the city. It was a long day but still fun ...

... into the city, with no idea where we were going. We seemed to start out in the main shopping are which was full of people but far less touristy then Edinburugh which was really nice. We then started to wander into the residential area and found this amazingly beautiful park which offered breathtaking views of what we found of was the University of Glasgow. The main building we saw was this huge gothic tower and Stacey and I each took ...

... of saying goodbye to Kel as she headed off to work before yawning and going back to sleep for a few more hours. Gotta love it. When sufficiently rested I got on the bus and revisited my old haunts from when I used to live here in 2001/2002. As with most of Scotland nothing much had changed. Just great to wonder down all the streets, reliving memories. The sun was out, flowers were in bloom and ...

... then being as fit as we all are (not) we decided to climb up Aurthur's Seat, which is a dormant volcano... we nearly died! Had an awesome view over the whole of Edinburgh and was well worth the climb. We were so tired from the day we couldn't be bothered to go out and ended the night by getting a bottle of vodka, bunch of different flavoured cans of soft drink, bag of ice, chucked it all in the bathroom sink and drunk. Day 8 - 30th June 2008 Lazy Day! I went ...

... to Princess Street. We shopped a little but Europe in one backpack has left us with no room. I hope to come back before I leave Scotland, I can get things then. Lindsay and I went back to the Inn to make sandwiches and change. We went to a ceilidh that evening. The dancing was more confusing than I remember but I still enjoyed it. We walked to the bus stop in the eerie fog through Edinburgh's cold dark streets. Majestic buildings towered around us and we shuffled ...

... had many different menu items but are famous (locally) for their fish and chips. It was strongly recommended to us and for good reason - i'm stuffed and quite content at the moment. So it was a day filled with a lot of walking and a lot of eating, and i'm really hoping that one balances out the other but I have a feeling i've eaten far too much and would probably have to walk about 20 miles more to make up for it. Take care! Cyndi and Kyle