Edinburgh Travel Blogs - Page 5

Well the whole day was spent in bed, watching Family Guy and movies and what-not. I figured I'd rest and relax in preparation for the celebrations in the evening. Phil's birthday and he was planning on going out with friends in the evening, dinner at Frankenstein's and Shanghai Club later on. After…

Last February, I was still going out with the MREB.  We're still friends, and he has very kindly agreed to let me use his photos of the trip to Arthur's Seat.  You can tell they're his, actually.  He's an artist and he's been playing with the colours and things - I think these are re…

Up to Edinburgh I headed. Plan was to stay at the Balmoral hotel the first night and then drive to The Boarders to see "family" land of our ancestors.Well, just want to put some comments down, the trip was not as expected for several reasons. But The Balmoral was listed in the 1000 Places to See Be…

The Queen's Official residence in Scotland is how the sign reads at the entrance. Outside it was very nice and that included the Abbey ruins which are attached to the palace.  We were allowed pictures outside and I did my best to get as many goods one as possible. :) Unfortunately, again, no …

I know this may seem a bit strange considering I have a little issue with heights but since going up a bridge I feel that I can do it now. Its the adrenaline rush you get that I want. I have only ever had it on theme park rides................your stomach feels it has reached your mouth and you wa…

Our last day in Edinburgh Scotland and we cannot believe it has come so soon. Just 9 days ago, we began this adventure; never knowing what it was like to leave the United States. We are still far from worldwide travelers but have definitely learned a lot in the short time we have been outside of ou…

Edinburgh is an awesome city, although I thought that going to the castle was a bit of a waste of time. I had a wonderful brunch on the firth of fourth with some cool couchsurfers, went to the national museum of Scotland, walked to the top of Arthur's seat, saw a french movie (tell no one) in an …

I stayed in Edinburgh for only 2 nights but had the most awesome time ever. Those 2 nights marked many firsts, among them the first time I stayed in a hostel, the first time I ate haggis, and the first time I hung out with Danish high school students. It also marked the loss of my only sweater…

Viernes 24 a las 21 hs sali rumbo a la estacion de micros.Entre llegar y saber donde tenia que esperar paso  hora y cuarto, era un caos. Los micros de megabus estaban alli pero no se sabia cual se dirigia hacia edimburgo. Menos mal que supe que se pronunciaba "edimbra" y no "edinburgh" porque …

I wish I had more time to spend in Scotland. I couldn't imagine I would love it so much :)

i finally decided that if i was to see scotland, i was going to have to go visit it, rather than continue to wait for it to turn up here. made a few calls to some friends to see who was hanging around Edinburgh and Headed up the increddibly windy m6. With very little visibility i couldn't even…

Mum and Dad dumped us at the airport, and we went to check in for our BMIBaby flight to Manchester. We saved about £700 flying from Manchester and not Glasgow, so we used some of our savings for domestic flights. With the price of petrol, the flights were cheaper than driving there and back and pa…

Quick tour around the city.  I had been to Scotland once before, but only to Edinburgh, about four years before with my mom.  We pretended we were experts on the city and showed my dad Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and then were quite unsure as to how to spend the remainder of our…

Had a day out here in Dec 08. very cold wet and horrible but a nice city with plenty of shops and plenty of history to see and do. Lucky its not too far away for me.

Sophie and Robert arrive at Rosslyn Chapel, where Sophie is reunited with her long last grandmother and brother. She also learns that she is a direct descendant of Mary Magdelene and Jesus Christ, and seems to take both of these extraordinary events pretty well. Unfortunately, Robert Langdon is inf…