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... around the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy and France before flying out of CDG in Paris and stopping in Singapore on the way back home to Oz. I had the best 2 months of my life and I hope you enjoy the travelogue! Trish xoxo

... so i think i am a pro at it now in regards to which castles are built better and all that. Edinburgh Castle is on top of the hill overlooking the city, if you remember the picture i added to yesterdays blog. Thus, the views from it are fantastic!!! The ...

... at Trafalgar). Edinburgh is blessed with several fine hillside parks and Calton Hill (along with Edinburgh Castle and Arthurs Seat) provide breathtaking views of the city and the ocean. The big thing on the at Calton Hill today was the preparations for ...

... cities... the others being New York, London, Paris, Sydney... but then of course you also have Rome, Vegas, Perth, Quebec, Edinburgh, Rio, Melbourne... the list continues. The first few days were beautiful and hot, the last few not so nice weather ...

... when she visits town (not Edinburgh Castle after all) but it's all the same to me if she bunks down at the Best Western. I'm palaced out.  The latter is a sprawling modern building that some have seen as a bold architectural expression of the new ...

... us more about the new malls than the history of the founding of the city and the subsequent pirate attacks. After lunch at the Best Western again, we wanted a rest at our hotel. Upon arrival we discovered the elevator was still out, so we decided to sit ...

... divine. If felt really late but it was only 8.30pm by the time we got back to the hotel. I started sorting some photos to upload, Dan watched Independance Day and avoided doing washing. We have a big day out in Edinburgh tomorrow and it should be fun! :) ...

... would be it! So, since we last wrote lots has happened.... Bringing in 2010 - Like a wee Scotsman! We travelled up to Edinburgh for Hogmanay (New Years) by train from London.  What a beautiful train ride... especially since the UK had been covered in ...

... dressed in black with a tall top hat and cane, led us through the "dark" quarters of Edinburgh, sharing tales of witchcraft trials, a hidden underground city, and a poltergeist.  Exhausted and ready for a good night's sleep, we are sitting in ...

... was adamant that I would not go to uni in Edinburgh and now I am a graduate who has spent 7 years in the city, one of my favourite places in the world. Edinburgh saw me grow up, come into my own and I still remember the day that this happened as I walked ...

... two physiotherapy students (students no longer, they had just qualified on the Friday) Chris and Neil from Queen Margaret's (Edinburgh) doing their elective here. Neil was from Aberdeen and Chris was from round about Manchester, well a Yorkshireman ...

... coffee shop ever... can't be beat. Made special friends with my room-mates... no, not like that! Scotland: Living in Edinburgh with your best mate is way better than living in the suburbs of Perth. Especially when the EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL is on!! ...

... the day! Which by that stage we needed - Christmas was pretty much the first day we had, had off together since we started working in Edinburgh so it was very nice to not do anything for the day. We had our own little tree set up in the flat on the ...

... is this (with some areas repeated): London, Stevenage, Musselburgh, North Berwick, Bridge of Allan, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Blarney, Kilarney, Dingle, Penninsula, Ennis, Galway, Inis Mor, Connemara, Enniskillan, Derry (Londonderry), ...

... to Uncle John's vouchers on the back of petrol receipts we stepped up into luxury, staying at a hotel!!! Dunedin or 'little Edinburgh' as it is known does indeed have a distinctly Scottish feel to it, complete with its very own castle. Larnach castle was ...

... , a much grittier place once a hotbed of political activism and with a magnetism all its own. It was a bit like visiting Edinburgh then Glasgow, I thought, as far as "character" goes. From Leon we toured some mangrove swamps at Juan Venado Island. That ...

... message and had to satisfy myself with falling into the aisle - Bugger ! Cape Town itself is an incredible city and reminds me a lot of Edinburgh (except it is obviously a damn sight warmer and they don't do horizontal rain).  The city is ...

... Tasha and their 7 month old baby girl, Saskia who is just adorable. I first met China in London in 99 then when I moved to Edinburgh in 2001 he was the manager of the bar/hostel I worked at (Belushis) and the lucky one responsible for training me up as ...

...   At the bottom we meet up and talk to two Scotsmen, wearing kilts, who just today completed their 4-˝ month drive from Edinburgh to Cape Point that they documented at www.kiltstocapetown.com.   We end the day at the Waterfront Mall where we ...

... tell you of our trip to Adelaide and my first experience of the famous Fringe Festival which is common throughout the lands of Edinburgh and Prague. This would be our first trip outside the West coast and I was not sure what to expect from Adelaide but I ...