Blogs from Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 117

Hey Everyone, Sorry about the confusion, we are coming back on the 17th... no changes. Yesterday we arrived here in Edinburgh, it kinda felt like coming home because this was the city we spent our first 5 days in. We were really excited about going to the Military Tattoo, and we weren't dissappointed! It was unbelievable! I won't even try to explain it on here, we'll save that until we get home, but it truely was incredible!! We're just off to catch a 9 am train to Loch Lomond - a little change in our plans since we weren't able to go to Paris, we'll be there for the next three days hiking and such. We love and miss you all!! (Even those of you in Calgary!) Alex and Tamara... read more

So I managed to meet up with Casey and Nikki in Edinburgh and have had an absolutely awesome time here. Edinburgh is such a beautiful city, just like everyone told me it would be, and there is an incredible buzz in the air walking up and down the Royal Mile during this first week of the Edinburgh Festival. It's also really cool hanging out with just other girls because it turns out people like to accost you on the street with free tickets to random events and I am totally down with that. We've managed to see a couple of really good acts either for free or close to it, as well as stalk a couple of royals at the Duke of Edinburgh's big bash at Holyrood Castle and almost score Casey a job as a ... read more

Just when you think you have seen it all the highlands of Scotland arrive, they are just magnificent, we have traveled up the west side accross the top and are now in Edinburugh. We traveled through through the highlands in typical Scottish weather, Scotch mist they call it, just added to the atmosphere and made it more awe inspiring. By ferry we travelled to the Isle of Skye where we stayed in a hotel that was built 600 years before OZ was discovered so old are these areas, back across the land bridge and down through the highlands past where the battle of Culloden took place - very sombre scene. We were entertained at a Scottish night and Deb got to follow the piper carrying the Haggis which we all then sampled not too bad in ... read more

I haven't been using the laptop for the last couple of days. Something about advertising you have a laptop when you're in a 10 bed dorm seems like a bad idea. That 10 bed dorm was located in Stirling. An important place in Scots history - if not so important now. There are three things to do in Stirling: 1) Visit the Castle 2) Visit the Wallace Monument 3) leave. We did all of them. The castle is the only historic site I've seen where they're actually renovating. I've often wondered why they start conserving them from a certain date. It seems rather arbitrary. Today we're using it, tomorrow we're keeping it exactly the same for the rest of time. Well here they're rebuilding bits, putting up walls, replastering, making new tapestries etc. They're hoping to ... read more

It is hard to imagine a more amazing wedding! When 2 function coordinators plan their own wedding, no detail is overlooked. The whole day was meticulously planned, and was the most amazing day. The weather for the last few days has been cold, raining and generally nasty, however we awoke yesterday to a perfect clear sky and warm weather for Kristy and Kelsey's big day. The formalities of the ceremony were in a nice building near the centre of Edinburgh, where the vows were exchanged and the happy couple became officially married. After the service, we were led to the next secret location, the Edinbugh Castle. On a private balcony overlooking the whole of Edinbugh, we were treated to fine champagne, nibblies and haggis, all accompanied by a bagpiper. The view from the top of the ... read more