Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel

... With flights locked in... a few hotels booked (one thing that i would have changed - dont meet any cool people in a 3 star hotel and i still think they are among the most depressing places in the world for a single traveler!)... Then i was ready to 'do ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 in a park instead. ...

... 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! :) ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 Dunedin. Thanks 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. ...

... , 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 ...

... that London has a lot of very average hotels for very expensive rates so you never get value for money in this city.  Our 3 star hotel is called the Best Western Swiss Cottage.  Our room number 217, its a nice room with a king size bed, a small ...

... site visits to Hotels for the obligatory work part of the trip. some good some bad, some downright comical. From the Best Western Hotel with the manager with the most annoying voice that you could face with a hangover The Hotel also owned the pub and ...

... out towards the airport to find a hotel for my parents in their last night.  After checking the two of them into the hotel, we went back to Edinburgh for dinner and a pint before they needed to be back at the hotel to drop off the car.  As we ...

... "?!  My god, thankfully it was a phone conversation, because if it was in person she would be beaten to a pulp well and truely by now! - Roadworks in Edinburgh - totally ridiculous - not many gingers in Europe at all - Missing Harvey and ...

... to the hotel. It's just a shame we don't have time to hang around here in the morning. We have to leave early if we're going to make Edinburgh by 2pm, which is when we have to aim to be at the apartment. Can't believe we're getting to Edinburgh tomorrow! ...

... dramas) and have only just stopped for long enough to type up this email...but as it has been almost three weeks since we left Edinburgh, you had better settle in cause this is a long one! To start at the beginning, we finished up work just before we ...

... their heroic founder, it is easy to spot the tensions that must exist in Turkey. Istanbul is the most populous city at around 13 million, and the most modern, and Western, and it's easy to think of that as "real Turkey," and it is. But it's just as ...