Premier Inn Edinburgh A1 (Newcraighall)
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Hitting the big smoke, Edinburgh
... shine.
Rick and I have come to the conclusion that there are 3 things that are stressful in the UK. We call it the 3R's. Roads, ( very very bumpy ) Round-A- Bouts ( they are everywhere ) and Rain .
The man of the house is happy tonight, good TV reception and he is watching the soccer. All he needs now is a cup of tea and he will be purring for the rest of the evening. Got to go, have to put the kettle on and make tea. See you tomorrow.
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Edinburgh Adventures
... reversal....I loved it!!
We found a little hole in the wall in one of the Closes here called Brodie's Den so we ducked in and had a scone and breakfast sandwich with some black tea, yummy....and hit the trail to Waverly Bridge to start our Hop on-Hop off tour of the city. We rode the entire tour the first time through to see it all from the top of a double decker bus. Then ...
First time ever to Scotland!
... that on the way into the city from the airport I kept thinking, ‘Good Lord, I hope it gets better than this’. It is one fairly drab and ugly outer metropolis and the city, with both ‘old’ and ‘new’ town areas, isn't that much better. Maybe it’s the lack of sun though clouding my viewpoint! Mark commented that the whole place looks like it needs a good clean.
Anyway, we got into ...
The Odyssey begins.....
... of 25 minutes turned out to be accurate. The only snacks and beverages were available at extra cost, so I didn’t bother (this is one occasion I appreciated even the “free” bag of Pretzels and small glass of Apple juice on Air Canada flights).
As this was my first time in Edinburgh, I wasn’t too familiar with the transportation options from the Airport, but knew there was a Bus. I quickly located the ticket booth for the ...
Edinburgh in the dark
... road for somewhere decent. Found a little conservation village which had a nice pub. Beer was good, food was excellent and we started to learn about the pronunciation of Scottish words (Coulter which is Cooter, Kirkcudbright which is Kircoodbree).
After dinner we drove the last little distance into Edinburgh and settled in to our accommodation at Featherhall Gardens. Kids off to bed and we waited up a little for Carl to go and pick up Mim and Nathan from the train at ...