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Travel Blogs from Edinburgh
My First Visit to My Favorite Country in the World
We took an overnight train to Edinburgh. We got to know this train very well because we did the exact same trip a couple dozen times over the next several months. We didn't have to pay for a sleeper car and the seats were covered with our BritRail pass. And it saved us a night's rent at a hostel. One of my most vivid memories of my life is the …
The Long Ride Home
Once I finally got going today I went back to the Elephant House for one more breakfast. It is very quiet in the morning and a good place to relax before the day begins. After breakfast I wandered around Greyfriars Kirkyard. It looks very different in the daylight. I took a picture of a scary old statue and spent the rest of the time thinking that …
Edinburgh - Scotland
Hello again!
Our bus ride from Newcastle, England to Edinburgh, Scotland took about 2 1/2 hours. On arrival, Edinburgh instantly becomes one of our favourite cities we have visited. It's mdieval and gothic architecture really adds to the mystic feel of the city. You just can't take you eyes off the Castle perched up in the middle of the …
My favorite place on fall break
...Too bad we were only here for a day. We arrived in the morning, made the trek to our hostel, and by now of course it was lunch time. So on our way to Edinburgh castle we found The Baked Potato Shop (also my favorite restaurant of break)...we had all been longing for baked potatoes since I guess they just don't exist in france. In any case they …
My Waffle about Edinburgh & Crepe-ing for a Month
... they totally could have gone bollywood!
We saw probably another 15 shows...some were good...others terrible but it is pretty amazing to have a choice of over 200 shows per day!!
We also tried to do a few tourist things whilst there;
-Arthurs seat; Arthurs seat is part of the Salisbury crags which are a massive volcanic rock ...