Old Waverly Hotel Edinburgh

3 nights at the Waverly Hotel, ...

28th April 2008: Leeds - Edinburgh   We took the 11.05am train from Leeds to Edinburgh. Arrived at Waverly Station at approximately 2.18pm. Take note of our precise notation of the hour and minute - the British Rail system really did live up to ...

... a lofty old arched stone railroad bridge across the Tyne at Newcastle and two and a half hours after leaving York we slide into Edinburgh Waverly. The last time I wandered into town I was 17, having hitchiked here from London and on my way eventually to ...

... I used it all the time as the week progressed – well worth the 15 pound price tag. The public transit in Edinburgh is excellent, especially when you consider that during the Fringe, the population of the city triples in size!  The city is a ...

... and up and down in the lift to the exit at Waverly Station. Taxi lines and finally we were on our way to the Edinburgh Lodge Hotel. It used to be the old manse for the church next door and the room we were given was huge! It was the size of 2 normal hotel ...

... Scotland. Neat old Georgian building. Had an authentic Scottish dinner--paella and enchiladas.  We've had enough fish and chips to last a lifetime. Off to the Scottish Borders tomorrow and a Ghost and Ghoul tour of Edinburgh's old town in the vening. ...

... End Pub. It's claim to fame is that part of it's wall is a portion of the original city wall. The residents of old Edinburgh considered anything outside their wall insignificant. After a tasty lunch of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and a pint of Tennets, ...

... 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 ...

... out on foot along the Royal Mile which runs from Holyrood, where the Scottish Parliament is located, up the incline to Edinburgh Castle. I quickly turned off the "Beaten Track" to explore the "Labyrinth" of narrow lanes and ...

... 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 ...

Then it was the last leg of the trip with a visit to Edinburgh ... I wasn't sure what to expect here as you have this impression that Scotland is a more rundown older somewhat depressed area (sorry about those comments   Michelle) but nothing ...

... this morning and we got into Waverly Station at around 12:30 this afternoon. We then walked to our hostel...about 2 hours away!!! So far in Edinburgh we've had to pay to use the toilet at the mall, got kicked out of a table at the mall because we didnt ...

... 't speak English... only Scottish!! haha!( at least it's better than the Glaswegian accent... tink Alex Ferguson!). We left Edinburgh's Old town & drove towards the New town. I passed Murrayfield... Scotland's rugby stadium, which I has previously seen ...

... ; Both the Festival and the Military Tattoo ended last night, so perhaps everyone is still "recovering". The rail trip from Edinburgh Waverly to London King’s Cross took about five hours in total.  There were several intermediate stops at ...

... next day I was back on the train to Dalgety Bay, breaking the journey for an hour or two in Edinburgh where after walking from Waverly Station via Advocates Close to the High Street I watched an excellent street entertainer performing alongside St Giles ...