The Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh

Balmoral ...

... monarchy. We had two activities on our final day.  First, we did afternoon tea again, this time at the fancy-schmancy Balmoral Hotel.  This was much hipper and more happening than The Howard.  The Balmoral is the grandest of the hotels in ...

... to the Edinburgh Dungeon attraction mom, Michelle, and I had coffee/hot chocolate in a pub and then went to the Balmoral Hotel (where J.K. finished writing Deathly Hallows) and creeped inside.  Michelle thought that J.K.must have been up on the ...

... and meats and lots of talk. At 2:00 pm we were picked up in a new Mercedes and driven to The Balmoral hotel for the start of our tour, based in Edinburgh, with Renaissance.  Our room was not ready for us as the hotel had been full the night before ...

... coincidence. Brenda is with her friend Ann (also from Melbourne, but living in London for many years), and we spend a day in Edinburgh sightseeing, tasting whisky at a whisky bar (I think we tried 6 different ones), and going out for dinner at a Tapas ...

... (a whisky we’d learned was worth drinking while on Islay) and Ruth had a lovely smooth Armagnac. Back to the hotel’s Balmoral Bar to meet friends who had just arrived from London.  They are spending the weekend in Edinburgh to see Bliss ...

... to have a quick backstage tour, including a chat with Andrew the wig maker. On the way back to the hotel Tom and Ruth stopped at Edinburgh University to visit the Talbot Rice Gallery there and see its three current exhibitions.  We rated these: ...

... same but with the BBC orchestra.  It was strange to see it in such a different setting.  The tour members were invited to interval drinks and after we returned to the hotel some of us had supper in the Balmoral Bar before retiring after ...

... (and get this- the street across from the Spoon Cafe is named Potter Row)  We stopped by the 5-star Balmoral Hotel, the finest hotel in Edinburgh, where Rowling rented out an entire suite to finish the seventh, and final, book (and she autographed a ...

... ; I had delicious poached pears as one of my breakfast courses.  Later this afternoon we had afternoon tea at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh.  Gordon and the B&B owners have treated us like shear royalty.  Cathy and Mary you will be ...

SATURDAY, 2nd December   We had dinner at Hadrian's restaurant in the Balmoral Hotel in Princess Street. Yet another multi starred restaurant. These relations of ours certainly eat well when they go out. Just as well I did not choose the venue for ...

VIERNES 15 AGOSTO 2008 El viaje empezo a las 9 de la manana en la estacion de trenes de Leeds. Llegue por los pelos a coger mi tren (siempre viviendo al limite). Me toco sentarme con dos chicas de Wakefield que iban a ver algunos shows en ...

... of Forth bridge and headed to the airport. From the airport, we hopped on a bus into the city center. Our hotel, the Balmoral, was located at 1 Princes Street directly adjacent to Waverly Station. Trudging through the rain and crowds with all of our ...