Carlton Hotel Edinburgh

... saw what happens when one becomes of a victim of the short eastbound trans-Atlantic flight. After checking into the Barcelo Carlton hotel in Old City Edinburgh, I walked into Room 348 at 8:48 a.m. The sun had just started to come up and ideally I wanted ...

... so I didn’t get to see the inside. From the Palace of Holyroodhouse, I walked along the Royal Mile – a street that includes Edinburgh’s oldest private houses – and got back to my hotel room at 7:45. I sat down to calculate when I ...

... there is a Durham, England and a Durham Castle? Couldn't help but think of you guys as we traveled through. In Edinburgh, we had a short walk to our hotel from the train station and since it was early in the day, and our room was quite warm, we decided ...

... led into a lovely little garden at the end of it, offering beautiful views of what look like the Old High School of Edinburgh building on Carlton Hill, which is currently the Scottish Museum of Photography, if we are not wrong.   We took many ...

... couple bids on Priceline that were not accepted. Running short on time before departure, I hastily selected the four-star Barcelo Carlton hotel, which looked nice and appeared to be in a fantastic central location. Hotel booking completed, I raced to ...

... Chapel where the Queen, along with all the other Knights of the Thistle, does investitures, and it's a special little chapel. Up to Edinburgh Castle where Mandy went for the tour, and was inside the walls when the 1pm gun went off. I was outside below ...

... not bad.  It's still raining, but we ventured out anyway, heading to the Royal Mile first to check out the Edinburgh Castle. Day 3 Got Tara off to the airport and checked out Carlton Hill.  Amazing Sunset Day 4 Wasn't supposed to be ...

... and on to Gretna green.  No we did not get married - again!  Bought some Kennedey clan items.  Drove on to Edinburgh and a short drive around the city.  Walked to the top of Carlton Hill - puffed somewhat - where the observatory and a ...

... and the guide was a really good entertainer from Yorkshire. He told us stories while we looked at the sites. Did you know... Edinburgh burned more witches at the stake than any other city? The stone of scoo (school? aka Stone of Destiny) that ...

... few hours. She is studying architectural history (or something along those lines) so she has a wealth of knowledge about Edinburgh and its architecture. Patrick said that when he was walking around town with her, people started following them listening ...

... morbosillos se hicieron fotos con los letreros... no comment. Nos dirigimos por calles oscuras al cementerio de Calton (no Carlton, eh?), donde eschamos un par de historias "aterradoras", acerca de los body snatchers o ladrones de cuerpos, que ...

... to from the city centre. Some of these suburban neighbourhoods include, St. Kilda, Richmond, Carlton and Collingwood. Melbourne reminded me a little of Edinburgh, an ample sized city with interesting surrounding areas, along with lush parks and gardens, ...

... off for now so I can get to bed.  I have to be at the airport super-early in the morning for the flight to Edinburgh.  I did get some great pictures and I'll post them as soon as I'm able. More to come!  Love and miss everyone back ...

... hopefully we don't have to pay it! After a couple of hours we could actually take in the amazing medieval city of Edinburgh. The buildings and architecture were stunning!! We spent a couple of hours in the city with bagpipes playing in the background ...