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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

... without it but I guess a lot of people will have lots of memories of their time there.
I had thought of going to Raith Rovers game but changed my mind the day before traveling - good job I did - the Raith match was cancelled!

Anyway - enjoyed the game. Ended 2-0 to Alloa who now move into the promotion contention in Scottish League two.

... sundown we mosied off to the cinema to watch New Moon [murdering the adventurer in me once again..] which was.. *shudders* then just had a nice chillout in the train station until it was time to leave. My friends on the bus back, and me with the new friends on the warm train.

Nothing amazingly special, but it was a great day. And our new mates are coming over tomorrow for some more fun times! Gotta love travel. :)

Fun trip to Murrayfield for Scotland v Fiji.....lots of happy Scottish faces after the win, boys in fancydress, stag parties galore, chuc-chucs ferrying folks home in the rain, great cocktails in an Italian Jazz bar and running to catch last train back home on a busy busy Saturday night train heading South.

... the theme of some suspense/thriller film and then the sun came out and ruined the mood they were going for. But for me, all the heavy stone building, the green hills and scenic views make Edinburgh one of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen.

We didn't have a lot of time in the city, so we mostly visited all the usual tourist attactions. We did take a quick trip out to the edge the city ...

... the highlands where we got to meet a very friendly and hairy cow named Hammish and we got to take a nice walk through some woods and around a lake....gorgeous!  After this we went to a whisky distillery before heading back to Edinburgh.  That night we went out with a few friends from the hostel for dinner and some dancing.

Thursday:  Thursday we took a tour of Edinburgh castle. (The castle that inspired JK Rowling while writing the Harry Potter series.)  We also hiked up to ...

... and I have been playing 'spotto the places our kids have lived and worked' as she had 2 girls who lived and worked here as well. Anyway we leave Scotland tomorrow on this whistlestop tour. I just love it, it's so beautiful tho Edinburgh itself appears a bit dark and gloomy amidst the endless and fascinating examples of its history. Everywhere we go there are very many stairs - I need my local doc and his cortisone injections :-(

... J.K. Rolling lived while writing Harry Potter, the university that inspired Hogworth, and the train that took the students to a new year of wizardry. Took a tour of the Vaults and underground city of Edinburgh in the evening which was kinda cool but not worth going into and called it a night after going out for Mexican with a couple people from the hostel. I know Mexican, but it was really freakin good to get Fajitas. The next day I had to get up early to for my tour . . . . . . . .

The next day I woke up with a hard core craving for pancakes. We packed up our things and headed down to the train station much to my disgust there were no pancakes to be seen. In the end I settled for a toasted cheese sandwich. (I KNOW!) We got on the train and headed up to Edinburgh. It was a rather eventful train trip. Justin was pointing out all the animals along ...

Today we were aiming to go to the Scotch Whisky Centre for a tour and tasting, but once there decided it was a little too pricey - perhaps that will be done on a different trip. Instead we walked down to the Edinburgh Dungeons but by the time we got there the que was about a block and a half long and we were not in the mood for waiting. So we went instead to the National Gallery of Scotland. For free admission, we were able to walk through the rooms and ...