Fraser Suites Edinburgh

... already know all the best spots!

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

312 miles - set off at some un-Godly hour to drive from Chesterfield to Fife, Scotland to watch football! Trish likes the journeys but thinks the idea is crazy. Anyway, we are here now! Prior to the match we walked around the town - NOT Scotland's biggest attraction. Anyway, 2:30pm and I arrive at the ground ready for the match. One stand is fairly ...

... is screaming for mercy. Found some very nice cookies though, yum!

Time for some wandering! We didn't hit the Royal Mile unfortunately, but we did get a good wander up and down Princes Street. Waiting around in Pizza Hut for some food, just having a general laugh.. who needs to be touristy when you get the full-on local effect?

And the best part was.. SNOW! Very random and very light, but it was there :)

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom kilgiraffe

Today, I was planning to go to the youth hostel at the castle, but the Land Rover had other plans!!!

Oh dear, game over! I popped out to start the Land Rover this morning at around 9am and the engine was smoking like a trooper and sounding a lot worse than it normally does. I called the AA at around 10:00 and they turned up at at around 10:45 from a local garage. He told me that the engine is fairly terminal (piston problem ...

... day and just buy like one apple or one peach.

Back to Edinburgh - this will be a short one cause Ive only bought half an hours internet time. So plans are Ed again tomorrow then I leave with Jes to go on a tour around the Scottish Highlands. Really looking forward to that - something a bit different after five cities in a row.

Missing all the goss and news back in oz! Especially today when I met some other Aussies on the walking tour.

xox Hannah

Rab had a day off so I forced him out of the house and out walking with me. Our original plans were to climb up Arthur's Seat (the highest point in Edinburgh with the best view) but we made it part way up and wanted to quit. We walked by the Queen's summer castle and around the fields and ponds on her property. We fed some geese and pigeons which would jump up on our arms and eat out of our hand. Rab was an ...

... of the city. And where was my tour guide from? PALOS. Geez. She was good though (and also I think kinda looks like Vanessa from Gossip Girl...) giving you all sorts of background info and pointing out all the interesting stories behind the city. One of my favorites goes like this... Back before plumbing they used to have to dump their "waste" out the windows. The way the buildings were constructed there were very small ...

... Eternal flame", by The Bangles!!! I remember growing up thinking that Susanna Hoffs (lead singer of the Bangles) was kinda hot. Perhaps my affinity for cute brunettes can be traced back to an early age? Anyway, you'd think a cynical guy like me with a taste for darker, melancholy music wouldn't enjoy the "Top 40 Love Songs". But sadly, I do have a taste for ultra-cheesy and ultra-bad love songs. It's a weakness, I know - somebody get me some professional help!

... her though but still great fun. We travelled on a Haggis Tour through the Scottish Highlands and our guide Gordon was very knowledgeable and made the trip even more enjoyable. The Highlands are amazing. We saw Ben Nevis, travelled all the way up to Inverness and went for a boat ride on Loch Ness. All in all a long but extremely fantastic day. Today was spent walking about 45 mins fully loaded to our new hostel - what a chore and I only needed to stop once to rest which I was rather ...

... with a gorgeous scottish accent bringing me tea and toast on demand. Only downside (apart from the weather) were the flights. Flight up was delauyed 4 hours so lost a whole afternoon, then flight back was delayed 2 hours. Fortunately got bumped up to the previous flight, which was also delayed 2 hours hence flew at the time we were supposed to. Then had to stack for 45 minutes over london and had the worst ...