Old Waverley Edinburgh

... back to the car excited about their own wee adventure for the day as we hopped on the train from Stirling through to Edinburgh. As we passed Murrayfield along the way and spying what could very well have been the Scotland boys out training we thought of ...

... real quick and also I don't want to go on a long flight to USA with the flu.    Its sad to leave Edinburgh tomorrow.  Scotland is a beautiful country and Edinburgh is stunning. I know my photos will not do this city any justice.  It ...

... specialised liqueur shop Demijohn.Cockburn Street: Another connector street - this time from the Royal Mile to Waverley Station - is Edinburgh's alternative scene, where many interesting t-shirts, tattoos, and  specialised souvenirs can be ...

... cafe I'm sorry to admit I didn't really do much. I went off to explore the Royal Mile that walks up to Edinburgh Castle over the other side of Waverley bridge, and had a wander through all the boutiques. But it was royally cold - like about -1*c! So ...

... , mostly just wandering round the city and doing touristy things like the zoo and the castle. Stayed in a great hotel (The Old Waverley) right in the centre of town. Celebrated my birthday on Saturday morning by having a huge buffet cooked breakfast ...

... A short bus ride later and we departed the bus at Waverley Station in Edinburgh's Old Town and walked a few blocks to our hotel, the Old Waverley Hotel on Princes Street. We were a few hours early for check-in, but we were able to leave our bags with the ...

... get some food... While I finished eating, it started pouring rain. I'd been so lucky with the week's fabulous weather, but since Edinburgh, I haven't hardly seen any sunshine. So, I waited for the rain to lighten up a little and then I went back to ...

3 nights at the Waverly Hotel, ...

... off anywhere on any of the buses for 24 hours (bargain!!!). We went of one that took us around all the older parts of Edinburgh and out to Leith where the Britannia is now berthed as a museum , it had a really quirky commentary with lots of useless bits ...

... , but she would “take care of this” for me on this one occasion. After that I went back to Waverley Bridge and bought a Royal Edinburgh Pass from one of the tour Bus services.  The Guidebook was correct that the cost was £37 (fortunately ...

... section of coastline...we note down Berwick as a particularly nice little village for a possible future visit. The train pulls into Edinburgh Waverley Station, coming in alongside the amazing castle, a pretty impressive way for a city to greet you. A ...

... and dates back 1300 years.  (You do the math.)  From the Castle we observed the town of Edinburgh from a bird's eye view.  The old town was beautiful.  The new town was... organized.  We observed the crown jewels of Scotland, the ...

... , or "Weegies" I actually like Edinburgh. It's known as the most continental city in the British Isles. Edinburgh/Dun Čideann is made up of two parts. The Old town, which is medieval and the New Town, which is Georgian. Today we stuck to the medieval ...

Up early to see Scott, Penny & Xavier off at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. Slight walk to the station lugging the bags. A teary farewell before dad and I headed back to get finished packing to move onto the new hotel. It's incredible how much rubbish ...

... Katherine headed back north to Killin (in the highlands, where she works) and myself to my great aunty Sheena's in another part of Edinburgh. I swear, next time it will not be so long... we've shaken on it. SO much love to Lucy & Katherine xoxoxo ...

... getting my kit together for a day of sightseeing.  I decided to catch the tourist bus around Old town which of course encompasses the Edinburgh Castle.  That is one seriously well situated monument!  Catching the bus from Waverley station ...

... together with the rail line, cut the city into quite clear quarters. You could quite easily live on the wrong side of the tracks in Edinburgh or the wrong bank of the Leith.   We were supposed to meet J and the kids at midday but they were at ...

... I left there and walked down to Waverley station where I found the Europcar office and confirmed our booking for when we leave Edinburgh. I exited at the other end of the station and found myself wading through another old part of the city with homes way ...

... Typical! Oh well.  Good chance to get out and about and see the town... so I did.  Heading back down to Waverley I hopped another one of the tourist buses and let them wend their way through old town and new... Arwen had emailed me regarding if ...