Blogs from Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 120

Geo: 55.9267, -2.94718pretty much spent the day catching buses to find all the cows around the city.... read more

Geo: 55.9267, -2.94718This morning I moved hostels, out to Globetrotters. I only moved because I have paid for it in February and would be a waste to pay to stay else where. Was there for two minutes to leave my bag in storage and got the mini-bus back into town. Today I was finally going to do some sightseeing. Met Judy and we caught the bus to Edinburgh Butterfly and Garden World. We were quite excited. The bus ride took a long time and was worth our £2.30 for the day ticket.The butterfly house was warm and humid. The butterflies were very quick and it was hard to take photos of them as they flew about. Some of them were very pretty. In general it was the colourful ones that didn't stop flying. The plainer ones ... read more

First, some formalities… As you may have noticed, I am prone to exclaiming over my love of “gothic architecture”. Before we go any further, I feel that some explanation of this phrase is in order. Now, although it is fairly apparent that I hold an appreciation for old architecture, the truth is that I have little actual knowledge of architectural styles and tend to refer to any old building that takes my fancy as “gothic”. That being said, I will not tolerate any architecture buffs leaving snide comments about my forthcoming errors. Such comments will be swiftly deleted and their writers publicly shamed in future entries. And now to the entry… I arrived in fair Edinburgh this morning, greeted by gloomy rain and a cold wind. I suppose it was inevitable that I would one day ... read more

Geo: 55.9267, -2.94718Met Angie at the Info centre and we walked to the car, Nikki was there and we went to pick up Jude from her new residence. We then drove around looking for Interleith Park to go to TreeFest. It was something free and in the nice outdoor weather. There were food vans, displays demonstrating ways of looking after the environment, activities with wood- bowling, through the axe at wood, etc. We managed to spend a few hours here. Nikki and Angie went home with a free cherry tree. I don't know what they are going to do with it when they move into their flat?? After we left we stopped at a big supermarket. I organised to have dinner at Judy's new place- (she moved in last night) as she has a kitchen and ... read more

Geo: 55.9267, -2.94718 Packed up my belongings- they did manage to fit back into my bag. Walked to the bus stop with Andy and caught the bus into Swansea. Andy got off at the uni (he had to work) and I said good-bye and many thank-you's. At Swansea caught another bus to Cardiff- slept on the bus. Then another bus to the airport. Considering that this was Cardiff's Internatinal Airport, it is very quiet!! Not much taking off or landing. The plane was delayed by half an hour. Once on board the pilot told us that we would arrive soon and that the weather was a nice 22 degrees- great! 40 mins later we had an announcement that it was too foggy to land in Edinburgh and instead we are landing at Glasgow!! Unbeliveable. What a ... read more