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Haggis, Tatties and Neaps. The land of whiskey.
... and arrows. I was relieved nobody sang Kumbyah. But actually it was a lot of fun and I got to re-meet a lot of Andies mates that I had met here years ago. A good bunch. The wedding on Monday should be a blast.
After the bucks(stags in the UK) We dropped Dee's mum off in Newcastle Upon Tyne (Known locally as, The toon) and headed to see our Scottish paragliding mates Brian and Moira. We had a lovely meal and a great evening gas bagging and generally having a ...
My hands touched J.K. Rowling's!
... Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, J.K. Rowling- the list goes on and on. They also have one of only two Story Telling Centers in the world. This place is amazing! People actually come here to learn how to be good story tellers and preserve the oral tradition of telling stories. There is a HUGE children's story section with children's books from around the world! They have an entire wall dedicated to touch and feel illustrations from selected books. They even had a touch and ...
Even more windy
Arrival:
We drove into Edinburgh on an extremely busy day. As we crossed the Forth Bridge traffic was slowed to 40mph because the winds were so strong, also no trucks/high sided vehicles were allowed to cross the bridge. We could definitely feel the tug of the wind and were extremely careful not to be pulled into the sea or other cars. We made it across safely and headed for the airport to drop off the car.
Just like the car pickup this process was also easy. You can ...
Strategic retreat
... that I have once more donated my umbrella to whichever luck soul found where I had left it. I could sum up my life with the admonition, "Abandon all personal belongings, ye who enter here." It's another of my secrets for traveling light. At the Gallery there's a fine exhibit of Turner watercolors, 38 in all, which belonged to a collector named Vaughn who left instructions in his will that all 38 be displayed free to the public each year for the month of January and ...
Sightseeing in Edinburgh (Nathan)
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It started off pretty good... our guide, a cute Scottish woman with a pleasant voice, led us around the area, stopping occasionally to tell us a bit about Scottish history and kind of building the mood. I especially liked her story about the origin of tartans in Scotland, and how they're not as old and traditional as everyone thinks. Eventually the stories got darker, talking about the horrible living conditions in Edinburgh back when it was a ...
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