http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , Scotland en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 11:25:01 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:25:01 +0000 I39ve heard vicious rumors to the effect some of you dear readers are under the impression that we39ve had horrible weather and suffered incredible trials and that our trip has been one obstacle after another. Not true. We are having a great time. We are feeling stronger every day and we do smile and we do laugh often. Really.Of course we know that nobody really wants to hear about the good http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-786970.html The two fat ladies get up and decide that they will take me out...yay...finally out of the bag....by the way the fat ladies will be known as FLA and FLC. Morning start is Ryan39s cafe for breakfast...we then head off to the Scottish national gallery.... Before that the 2FL39s buy me a present...it39s a Scottish pin...great I say...could have bought me something wee more fancy....I hang ar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-786832.html So we find a non gay bar to watch Eurovision at... A little bar called the Victoria Bar just a little out of the centre of town.. The taxi driver asked why we were going there and of course we were happy to share our reasons why.... He just shook his head at us and laughed. Seems that pretty much is the standard reaction we get. The bar is owned by Swedish owners and is a little eclectic... Funky http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-786831.html The day started with a hearty breakfast at patisserie Valerie....no we didn39t have the pastries but they did looked yummy....We then headed to the hop on off bus....while waiting...I met some Argentinians and we started talking about Australia. First thing they said to me...you guys have the deadliest snakes...I said oh that39s nothing...we have the deadliest spiders and sharks too...I swea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-786829.html These miles of dry stone wallsThat hold in ploughed fields and kingly hallsThe dead of centuries in hills of sandThe stones that bind themAre proud of what lies behind them And varied as the counties in this curious land.Pedaling into the wind and driving ran over the top of the Morfoot Hills towards Edinburgh yesterday I finally understood that the dry in this lyric does not refer to the usual http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-786570.html We had a nice hearty breakfast in our great hotel in Glasgow...we then head off to carry our baggage through the streets of Glasgow... We find the station..then quickly board our train....45 minutes later and we arrive at Haymarket...arrive at our hotel...Angel Share...the check in is through the restaurant....there is also a bar...cool....we can39t check in as yet as its 2pm check in...drop of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-786509.html The Wally diaries.... The two fat ladies finally let me out of the room. They didn39t let me take my new friend rabbit Fine I39ll show them....I took the bus hostage and took them towards the southern highlands.First stop Loch Lomond national park. One hour away from Glasgow...reminded me very much of bowral... I told them to get out at the park and take my picture next to the lovely la http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/The-Highlands/blog-786507.html Our day began with another early breakfast cooked by our hosts. Kelsey and I trekked across the city so she could have her first interview. As luck would have it the entire section of town we needed to find had no public transportation so we had to walk for an hour but eventually made it. Later we attempted to find the Edinburgh Zoo which sounded easy enough. However we ended up blindly walk http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-786383.html February 15 2013 The story so far....the hotel is pretty modern..and is well equipped for disabled people. So what does Carmen do She pulls the little red cord next to the shower and sets off the help alarm....it sounded like a fire alarm......anyway...Ana to the rescue and disables the alarm Feedback to the hotel...put little labels on the cords...We then set off to explore the city ...Carmen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-786226.html Greetings from Scotland. Our trip got off to an easy start Tuesday since we had a straight flight from Atlanta to London. From there we caught a second flight here. Apparently I am extremely lucky because we were able to move into first class for free when we checked in online with British Air. After the 1.5 hour flight we hopped on a double decker tour bus and tried to find our hotel. After a g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-786208.html Destination Scotland or Hello Haggis http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-786069.html Finally we can have a shower And I won39t have the big guy next to me looking at my left over food...Glasgow is lovely...it reminds me a lot Melbourne...even the weather...it39s a lovely fifteen degrees....apparently they had bad weather yesterday ...like a monsoon the taxi driver said....i just wanted him to talk...love his accent.Room is lovely and we are right smack in the city and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-786034.html Believe it or not the sun came out and the wind died down. We slept in a bit and had a leisurely breakfast. Joe and I headed out to the Royal Mile this time towards the bottom and Holyrood Palace. This is where the Queen stays when she is in town. Though the original structure dates from the 120039s the palace we see today is due to the renovations under Charles II. Along the mile are the te http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-785713.html Meine zweite Woche in Schottland ist vorbei so langsam komme ich wieder in Europa an nur an das Wetter kann ich mich immer noch nicht gewhnen. Vor ein paar Tagen war es richtig schn sonnig und fast warm drauen so an die 20C. Da meinten die ganzen Schotten ja so sieht hier der Sommer aus. Buhuuu ich will zurck nach BrasilienWie im letzten Eintrag angekndigt will ich nun endlich http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Fife/Saint-Andrews/blog-785645.html Boar die Zeit rast immer noch Hab ich schon mal erwhnt dass mir alles zu schnell geht gerade Nun bin ich schon wieder ber eine Woche in Edinburgh und habe gefhlte 1000 Dinge erlebt. Aber mal von vorne.Letzte Woche Freitag hat mich Ryanair gut nach Schottland gebracht bin pnktlich halb 11 morgens gelandet. Habe mit Isa meine Freundin vom Studium in Bremen mit der ich jetzt zusammen d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-785617.html Our first full day in in the capital of Scotland was cool and drizzly with a sharp cold wind off the North Sea. We met our guide Gail in the lobby and headed out across the bridge from the New Town to the Royal Mile. The buildings here are about eight stories high and narrow mostly made of dark stone. There have been tenements here since the town was developed and though the buildings here are mo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-785614.html Episode 5 IllPrepared Smoker Climbs MunroA mundane dream is abruptly dissolved by my friend Moe calling my name. It39s probably about twenty to eight in the morning and I39ve slept through the sounds of him getting up and making me porridge and preparing half a banana. I stumble over to the kitchen table and whack some golden syrup on the porridge scran the banana and then the porridg http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Perthshire/Crianlarich/blog-785518.html A few days spent at Samye Ling the oldest Buddhist centre in Europe started by Chogyam Trungpa and Ahkong Rinpoche. It was really beautiful a stunning inner temple surrounded by some buildings showing their age and some new ones that had just been constructed. I enjoyed the stay spoke with a couple of people about their experiences in the Pemako and then mosied on back to Leeds for more writin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Dumfriesshire/Langholm/blog-785500.html Day 5 Inverness to Edinburgh Today we traveled south towards Edinburgh with plenty of stops along the way. On the way to our first stop we saw snow on the roadside and light flurries on the windshield not the king of weather we were hoping for. Dalwhinnie distillery is sited just below a small loch fed by a fresh water stream. The pristine water is used on the distillation process. The product http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-785221.html Helen Thomson and Jim Summers married at 2pm on Saturday 4th May 2013 at Birse Feughside Church Finzean South Deeside Aberdeenshire followed by reception at Loch Kinord Hotel Dinnet Aboyne North Deeside http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Aberdeenshire/Aboyne/blog-784899.html