Radisson Edinburgh

... and headed south back to Edinburgh getting back about 2030. We got a meal in a lovely Itatalian restaurant and headed to the Edinburgh hostel for the night. On the Sunday morning we got up early and hiked to the top of Arthur's Seat in the centre ...

... . After the tour of the castle, we had a relaxing walk through part of the city and Ashleigh did a three hour walking tour of Edinburgh. While we were walking through the city, Sue and I ran into two other Australian travellers -Sarah and Adam whom we met ...

... to the airport in Des Moines, and finishing with a completely charming cabbie raised in Leath (docks area near Edinburgh) who, like opinionated and knowledgable cabbies the world over not only gave us a wonderful intro to the city and ...

... and the queen was actually born there. As we had actually seen Perth and Dundee we took the motorway to Edinburgh. we are lucky enough to be staying at the Radisson on the Royal Mile. At present the festival is on - so the place is packed. Up this ...

Edinburgh was gorgeous and an interesting step back in time.  It was breathtaking to see all of the old structures maintained and repurposed!  The cool weather was nice with a fantastic refreshing breeze.  Our hotel was on the "Royal Mile," ...

... 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 ...

... at the Elephant House where J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book whilst viewing the forboding, dark presence of Edinburgh Castle on the hill (Hogwarts!)  After that we went to Greyfriars Kirk and graveyard and saw ...

... photos speak for themselves. After Conwy, Sue wished to see Chester on our way North. After 6 six hours travelling we arrived at Edinburgh where we have a free day tomorrow where we plan to do a walking a tour of the city before embarking on two tours ...

... big angry Scotsmen (rather common in Scotland) in kilts with claymores (both of which may be readily found in the streets of Edinburgh), running around with blue paint on your face while yelling at the top of your lungs and hitting people who don't have ...

... , I'm out the door by 7.20 as though I were having to work for a living. Find a WiFi connection at the cafe in the Radisson further on up the Royal Mile, sip £6 worth of coffee (two cups) and read until The National Gallery opens at 9.30. Chilly day ...

... Newcastle for Amanda's first appointment which was successfully concluded by lunch time allowing us to continue our journey to Edinburgh. Taking the scenic route along the underlating A167 /A696 through the Northumberland National Park stopping off ...

... . Buchanan Street is a wonderful experience and the Buchanan Galleries well worth a visit. It perhaps doesn't quite rival Princes Street in Edinburgh for shopping but it comes very close. Walking up to the top of the street one is impressed by the Royal ...

... and decided to head back to London so that I could sleep a night in my own bed. I did toy with the notion of heading up to Edinburgh but it was another four hours northwards and I wanted to see my sister who was coming back home after a week's ...

... night before embarking on our next trip this morning – a train trip down through Scotland and England to Dover. Our train left Edinburgh station at 9.20am sharp (one thing you can say about the UK train system, they are very prompt – if they ...

Last night we returned to Edinburgh at 7pm and trudged up the hill to the Radisson Blu for the night before embarking on our next tour this morning – The Scottish Highlands. The Scottish Highlands is the home to all the stock images of Scotland- ...

... places are always discovered, not listed in the guidebooks or on the net.....Next stop is Dunedin, which in scottish means Edinburgh of the ...