Graeme Hotel
Travel Blogs from Falkirk
Auld Reekie
... opening of the Vasi and the Grand Tour exhibit at JSMA on Saturday.
From the Royal Institute I went back to the Royal Mile and Lady Stair’s house which is now the Writer’s Museum. It features Scotland’s three great authors: Burns, Scott and Stevenson. First, about the house. It was built in 1622 by Sir William Gray of Pittendrum. His initials and coat of arms are carved above ...
Jings, the nights are fair drawing in....
... will be more expensive while public sector pay's frozen for the next two years. Brilliant.
Enough of that. Flying from Edinburgh to London tomorrow afternoon (23 June), spending hours in Heathrow trying not to spend money before boarding the flight to Singapore late at night.. Twelve hour flight and twelve-ish hour stopover in Singapore. Arrive in Auckland at 2225 local time on 25 June.
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Finally made it!
... We got a very nice room and there were beautiful plaster angels in the stairwell on the way up. We slept for several hours and then, using the handy-dandy map Colin gives his guests, we managed a 3-hour walk around town, almost getting as far as the North Bridge.
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Work work work, and Edinburgh!!
... we took a bus tour around the city, and toured the Edinburgh Castle, and climbed a tower! Whew!!! A lot of the pics are attached. I highly recommend that city to anyone who has a chance to go! Very pretty! Today was back to work in Aberdeen unfortunately.... and I am still in the office!! I have been here over 12 hours and it's weighing on my sanity! Tomorrow is our last day in Aberdeen (for a ...