Braid Hills Hotel Edinburgh

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.

Hi Folks,<br>We are back in Edinburgh after spending a week in Lanzarote! Sun sun sun. Aaron and I are off to a Scottish wedding tonight then a quick 6 days before we set off on our big South America Trip.<br><br>Update you more once we arrive in Lima. <br><br>Adios

Well we've been in edinburgh for awhile now about a week for jake nearly 2 for me, its a great city but we're struggling to find work oppurtunities, seems like every backpacker we meet is trying to do the same thing and any job you apply for atleast a 100 other ppl have as well so frustrating putting a bit of a damper on the trip or maybe its the weather who knows but if we dont get work well guess the trip ends nothing can be done ...

... I sat and soaked in the views before descending. <br><br>After my little respire, I was better able to cope with the bustling crowds of tourists shuffling down the street trying to read their maps. I had some important business to attend to: Whiskey and Cheese. Into Smellie Mellie's for some wonderful samples and difficult decisions, and onto the Whiskey Shop for some more hard choices. I've actually found a whiskey that my palate ...

... stop on the itinerary was in Fort William, at the foot of Ben Nevis &#8211; Britain&#8217;s highest peak, elevation 1,344 meters. That&#8217;s 4,409 feet for all you non-metric people. We didn&#8217;t do anything here except visit a large gift shop, but that was fine with me. I wanted to pick up a couple of gifts and hadn&#8217;t seen anything else to that point that caught my eye. We were given 45 minutes here to browse, get something to eat and drink, and just stretch our legs ...

... one of the best we have ever had - anywhere - so we gave her a good tip. She couldn't pick our accents and narrowed it down to three - Australian, Kiwi or South Africana. We didn't joke about and told her we were from the big island. I had a pint of Scottish beer called 'Tenement' or similar - very drinkable. Big day down - another coming up tomorrow. We are getting bus weary. Your Edinburgh Commentator - Mace.

over the past few days i've been able to walk around the city and check things out. on friday i went on a free tour put on by the university and the other night i went on a 'literary pub tour' which was a lot of fun. i've walked through Old Town, which is where i live, and through New Town, which is the largest area of georgian architecture in europe, or maybe the world. i ...

... that the trip was conceived. I mentioned that I thought my mum would love Croatia but she hates flying. Callum, my husband, said that you could get to most places in Europe by train and maybe we should think about that. I called my mum when I returned home, thinking she may be a bit wary of the idea but her response of "we'll need rucksacks!" allayed my fears. I wouldn't be ...

This was a short but sweet trip. Tyler and I jumped on the train at 7 in the morning after only 3 hours of drunk sleep. we thought 4 to 5 hour train ride we should be able to catch up on some sleep. Of course we didn't have reserved seats so we got kicked out of seats that we had sat in that were reserved. oh well finally we get situated in a car. At the next stop there were two families with a bunch of loud little kids who get on. we were about to ...

... high that we where hiking in tank tops and running shoes ( ok Fil was not wearing a tank top lol) in snow!!!!! It was so cool, once we got to the top is was worth the climb, the view was spectacularand is was weird because the grass was all green and there where flowers growing. That night Kinga left to go back to Krakow to study and me and Fil found a cheap room....came to 75zloty's which is like 20$$$ CND. That night we went out for drinks (me and Fil)....we went to a bar on one of ...