EDINBURGH, UK
July 10, 2007
Saint Giles Cathedral, High Street - The Royal Mile
i had haggis again. i wanted to try it in a traditional way. "haggis tats and neeps" they call it.
we took the underground city tour.
Half-way between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood palace on the Royal Mile is the Tron Kirk, the departure point for Auld Reekie's Tours. Located in the old town below South Bridge are our infamous underground vaults that have featured on U.S. and European television as one of the most actively haunted and paranormal experiencing locations in the world.
Learn about the historical dark side of Edinburgh, with tales about Mary Kings Close, Mercat Cross, Graverobbers, Cannibals, Plagues, The Great Fire, Witchcraft, Ghost and Ghouls, Myths and Legends.
In our haunted underground vaults beneath South Bridge which formed part of the old underground city, you will be taken to a candle-lit vault to hear tales about how Edinburgh was the worst city in the world for using young children to clean chimneys and the fates that befell them.
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Observe the now dis-used stone circled Pagan temple and why it can never be used again. Enter into the crypt where the plague victims lived to hear about the squalid conditions here in the 1700's.
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Delve into our Legendary Haunted Vault - home of the South Bridge Misogynistic Poltergeist - and our most active paranormal area, subject of thousands of sightings and supernatural occurences.
In our Torture Museum you will witness the terrible pain and death inflicting instruments from Nuremberg and Bamberg castles in Germany dating from the late 1500's and early 1600's. On our evening tours you will see fireplaces below the pavements of the Street above where no natural light entered and poor wretches had to live there. Enter then through a special doorway into Nicol Edwards - Scotland's most Haunted Pub for a well deserved drink.
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I had haggis again. i enjoy the dish. it looks like chili mac to me. haggis is sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for approximately an hour.
i like the presentation of the dish. i prefer to have the neeps (parsnips) mashed like the potatoes.
this in fact was one of the best steak and ale pie i have every eaten in scotland so far.
The Royal McGregor sits on the south side of the High Street section of the Royal Mile, well placed to take advantage of this busy street.
There has been a pub on this site for many years (it was previously known as Valentines and as The Covenanters) but The Royal McGregor you see today emerged from a renovation and redesign in April 2001. The name derives from the MacGregor clan, believed to be descended from Grigor, one of the sons of Kenneth MacAlpin, who became King of the Scots in 843.
Inside you find a long and fairly narrow bar, and a friendly welcome. Real ales and a full range of other drinks are on offer, as is a range of traditional Scottish and continental dishes.
i like the presentation of the dish. i prefer to have the neeps (parsnips) mashed like the potatoes.
this in fact was one of the best steak and ale pie i have every eaten in scotland so far.
The Royal McGregor sits on the south side of the High Street section of the Royal Mile, well placed to take advantage of this busy street.
There has been a pub on this site for many years (it was previously known as Valentines and as The Covenanters) but The Royal McGregor you see today emerged from a renovation and redesign in April 2001. The name derives from the MacGregor clan, believed to be descended from Grigor, one of the sons of Kenneth MacAlpin, who became King of the Scots in 843.
Inside you find a long and fairly narrow bar, and a friendly welcome. Real ales and a full range of other drinks are on offer, as is a range of traditional Scottish and continental dishes.
steak and ale pie
haggis, tats and neeps
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