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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

... the cold again, wondering where the hell this next bus is cos it wasn't on the schedule, and some random bus pulls up. Lovely old Stagecoach, joy. Getting on, the driver's moaning about how **** it was, and we're just like oh well it'll get us there right?

"We'll see.." .. highly reassuring, mate.

No issues though, and then around 11am we pull into Edinburgh! Finally got to see the Forth Bridge, and then seeing ...

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,
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.

Update you more once we arrive in Lima.

Adios

... later, sliced where he remembered it being and took it. It wasn’t just their tent, he had done a quick little dash and stole at least one more lass’s handbag. Luckily we were messy from the get go and the shady character who looked in our tent at Glastonbury must have only seen piles of clothes.
In her handbag was enough quid to get her and her partner through three days of festivals, all her normal bagly possessions and their festival tickets ...

... enjoyed.
4th pub: The Advocate. I had Oban 14 year. Quite good
5th pub: Couldn't tell you the name. I had a whisky recommended by the bartender. Didn't really care for it. Jodi made a friend who bought me a dram of Dalwhinnie that was awesome!! Jodi had a kick ass beer called Nosey Parker. After we closed down the bar, we called it a night and walked back to our B&B.

Tomorrow we are off to Sterling. Not sure if we will have wifi or not!
Cheers!

... culture... since getting back from scandaniavia, my holiday has been pretty low key. i've got a few friends that have also stayed in the city, but they both got sick around christmas so weren't really up for much. also, i've gotten pretty lazy. on christmas eve, one of my friends bought and made a lamb roast, which we cooked, then we went to a high anglican midnight mass at the 'local' cathedral, which was cool. people are very happy at christmas! lots ...

... on line I came to the conclusion that not only was it going to be a problem but a disaster. There was nothing availble far and wide of Paris that wasnt going to cost me about 100 dollars a night. I was freaking out knowing that I had already bought my plane ticket. I told my roomate which I was staying with and he grabbed one of his friends that had been to Paris earlier to see if she could help. My roomate was from Quebec ...

... too much. After work on Thursday we headed to the bus station for our overnight journey to Edinburgh. One thing I can say is that cheap bus travel is manic. As soon as the bus pulled in people rushed from everywhere. I have to say I honestly felt sorry for the bus driver as I saw one Indian lady wallop him with her handbag for not letting her on the bus fast enough....ahhh the joys of being a bus driver. At least when I deal with cranky customers over the phone ...

... buried nearby. Emily, naturally, liked the story & the statue. We found a place for dinner on High Street. I broke down and let Paul pick a local burger joint. (Actually, I was just tired and hungry & didn't care if we had a "Scottish" dining experience) Now, I have an extremely strong aversion to British beef from my year of living here & I have vowed that I won't eat any on this trip. This burger place was perfect because I could get chicken or a bean burger ...