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PreDeparture Tales - MegaBus Scare & Pasta at 47p
... D will go and occupy seats, but we had at-least 40 people ahead of us. Just no chance. As the people from other cities who stood much much way behind us in the line and just came in few minutes before pushed and reached the coach because they were not travelling to Edinburgh. All this standing in queue seemed futile. One could just come 5 mins prior and stand and still make it to the front seats.
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The Battle of Culloden
... Scottish tourist attraction. No photos were allowed inside but it has a dungeon and a number or rooms with original tapestries, paintings as well as furniture. There is a moat (empty) as well as a drawbridge. The tours provide much-needed money for upkeep. As it is only a few mile from Culloden Moor, it was worth a visit. Unfortunately we did not get to see Fort George (which was built to repress the Highlanders) and is now the home of the Black Watch (the Royal Highland ...
Arriving in Edinburgh!
... blocks from the hostel and has great views over the city as well as some monuments at the top. It wasn't a long walk up, relatively steep though, and oh, still no rain! Just overcast. The view from the top was indeed spectacular, taking in most of the city and the Firth of Forth (a firth is like a fjord, it was a glacial valley that got flooded after the end of the last ice age). There are 3 main monuments at the top, the most interesting is ...
Edinburgh Day #2
... to correctly set their clocks and watches.
As tourists gathered near the big gun, an officer walked out of a building at 12:55 and loaded a blank shell. He went back inside for a minute or two, then re-emerged to stand at the gun, keeping his eye on his watch. Just seconds after my own watch beeped 1 p.m., the loud bang signaled it officially.
After the gun went off, I had my photo taken with the officer and then went down into the exhibit that ...
The Odyssey begins.....
... Burger as I didn’t want to take time going for dinner in case it delayed my departure to the Tattoo. I used a Taxi back to the Hotel as I still hadn’t found the Bus station for the return direction from the city centre.
I had originally intended to take the Bus and then walk to the Tattoo, but it was about 20:00 by this time so I opted for a Taxi. The driver got me to within about a block from the Tattoo entrance (Police had many of the ...