Edinburgh, Scotland
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Hi
Well, firstly, mum arrived in Germany on tuesday night as she decided to join me in my travels so i'm now travelling with her on weekends. Her choice for this weekend was to visit Edinburgh in Scotland so off we went on Friday evening.
We arrived uneventfully after a flight via Amsterdam and found the Sheraton where we were staying after a bus ride to the airport. Friday night we just stayed in to conserve engergy for tomorrow. Saturday we got up, hired a car, a pug 206 and headed for St Andrews. About 60 odd miles of motorway and we arrived. The weather was kind to us and we walked around and saw all the sights, grabbed lunch and also visited the famous "old course".
After taking in what St Andrews had to offer, we headed off to Perth, Scotland of course, the "other Perth". We also stopped by a castle somewhere I can't recall off the top of my head for the moment but they wanted 10 quid to go in (like $25) and i've seen heaps of castles in my last 5 months so we kept going.
We drove back to Edinburgh and returned the car in time to watch the end of the England world cup game. Sorry chaps, your time has come. Also for Brazil which is a surprise, loosing to the French. Anyway, we ordered a bottle of wine in the room and started on that before heading out to dinner at Est Est Est which was very nice. We returned to the room a little under the weather to retire for the night.
Sunday was a little gloomer than saturday with some scattered showers but muggy. We headed straight for the royal mile and started at the Edinburgh castle end. We spent most of the morning touring around that looking at all the prison cells, the museums and general castle grounds. We then headed down the royal mile in the direction of Holyrood Caslte which is at the other end. Unfortunately, the queen was due to visit the next day so the castle was closed to the public and we couldn't go in.
We then decided we were running out of time and headed back via the Grssmarkets to the hotel after quickly grabbing a bit to eat for lunch. We then headed back to the airport for our flight back to Stuttgart which was typically uneventful.
Portugal next weekend so stay tuned.
Cheers!
Dave
Well, firstly, mum arrived in Germany on tuesday night as she decided to join me in my travels so i'm now travelling with her on weekends. Her choice for this weekend was to visit Edinburgh in Scotland so off we went on Friday evening.
We arrived uneventfully after a flight via Amsterdam and found the Sheraton where we were staying after a bus ride to the airport. Friday night we just stayed in to conserve engergy for tomorrow. Saturday we got up, hired a car, a pug 206 and headed for St Andrews. About 60 odd miles of motorway and we arrived. The weather was kind to us and we walked around and saw all the sights, grabbed lunch and also visited the famous "old course".
After taking in what St Andrews had to offer, we headed off to Perth, Scotland of course, the "other Perth". We also stopped by a castle somewhere I can't recall off the top of my head for the moment but they wanted 10 quid to go in (like $25) and i've seen heaps of castles in my last 5 months so we kept going.
We drove back to Edinburgh and returned the car in time to watch the end of the England world cup game. Sorry chaps, your time has come. Also for Brazil which is a surprise, loosing to the French. Anyway, we ordered a bottle of wine in the room and started on that before heading out to dinner at Est Est Est which was very nice. We returned to the room a little under the weather to retire for the night.
Sunday was a little gloomer than saturday with some scattered showers but muggy. We headed straight for the royal mile and started at the Edinburgh castle end. We spent most of the morning touring around that looking at all the prison cells, the museums and general castle grounds. We then headed down the royal mile in the direction of Holyrood Caslte which is at the other end. Unfortunately, the queen was due to visit the next day so the castle was closed to the public and we couldn't go in.
We then decided we were running out of time and headed back via the Grssmarkets to the hotel after quickly grabbing a bit to eat for lunch. We then headed back to the airport for our flight back to Stuttgart which was typically uneventful.
Portugal next weekend so stay tuned.
Cheers!
Dave
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