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... including a conspiracy theory on the Titanic. Love a good conspiracy theory. Tom ran out of movies and watched a bizarre movie on fishing in Yemen....
Our bed and breakfast in Edinburgh is a classy, beautiful place. Our room has a four poster Jacobean bed, leather chairs and a gorgeous view over the residential street. We seem to be living on Bed and Breakfast row, where every second house is a B and B. I have had salmon in various forms every morning so far, much ...
Edinburgh Castle and enjoying the sights
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It’s up high on a hill so the view of Edinburgh over the walls is absolutely stunning. You can see the whole city and out to the North Sea. In the other direction, you can see Arthur’s Seat, an amazing mountain that towers over the city. We had a look in some of the buildings inside the castle and I went to see the Scottish Crown Jewels.
At 12.00pm we went into the Red ...
Arriving in Edinburgh!
... t open to the public anyway. Great views though of Arthur's seat as well, which is where I headed next!
I kind of took a round about way to get to Arthur's seat passing by the Burns Monument (dedicated to Robert Burns, a Scottish poet from the 18th century), a cemetery, and some construction, haha. There's actually quite a bit of construction going on in Edinburgh especially around Arthur's Square where they're putting in a tram system ...
Edinburgh Day #2
... spent numerous hours just there – but time was short and I was hungry.
I exited the castle and walked downhill to the nearby Castle Arms pub, where I ordered for lunch the Scottish traditional dish called haggis. It’s a hamburger-like patty of finely chopped lungs, heart, and liver of a sheep mixed with oatmeal and stuffed into a sheep’s stomach bag. That’s what Lonely Planet describes haggis as anyway – I didn’t see anything ...
The Odyssey begins.....
... 8217;ll provide a brief summary, without getting into a lot of boring detail. The Tattoo includes regular performers every year from the Scottish and British Regiments, but there are also different guest military bands every year. The guests this year included a band from Garmen Partenkirchen (Bavaria), Brazilian Marines, Dutch military and Celtic dancers from Northern Ireland.
As I had anticipated, the entrance of the massed Pipes & Drums through ...
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