Entry 8 of a trip titled: A Captial Connection

^-^ My Summer 2008 Escapades.

Day 6 - 28th June 2008 We left London and jumped on the train to go to Edinburgh, Scotland. All up it took about 9 hours to get there. The train ride was a mass of green hills and trees, rabbits and solitaire. In front of us we had drunken old women squealing, behind us we had two people talking about marriage, decapitation and how difficult is ...

I am on my way to Paris today but I need to find a bag I left on the train first (hopefully) so this has to be a quick entry as well! Edinburgh was cool - totally different than I expected (did I write that before already??). I went to The Castle, National Gallery, did a tour of underground Royal Mile, went to the new Parliament Building (SO COO...

Our first stop that morning was Eilan Donan Castle. This castle was originally built in 1220 for Alexander II as a defence against the Vikings. By the late 13th century it had become a stronghold of the Mackenzie's of Kintail. The castle was demolished, by three Royal Navy frigates in 1719 as a result of another Jackobite uprising. The castle wa...

I set off from the hostel at Barcelona to make my 11.00 flight. There were three options; the train which runs every half an hour, the bus which is a little more frequent or a taxi which turned out to be the best option as it was a Sunday morning and there was practically no traffic on the roads. The flight to Heathrow was fine, though I soon di...