Blogs from Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 459

After leaving Glasgow we took the train to Edinburgh. Again, we didn't spend much time in Edinburgh because we wanted to get to St. Andrews before dark, but we did walk around the city a little. Glasgow and Edinburg are both places that I would love to visit again, but unfortunately on this trip there just wasn't enough time to see much.... read more

Introduction Well, off to the next big adventure. I'm afraid that the biggest challenge on this one was to keep my wallet firmly in my back pocket. With the pound stirling currently equal to about 1.8 US dollars, my wallet kept trying to lift itself from my pants and fly into the hands of surrounding merchants. Not to worry, I managed to escape with my shirt still on my back despite a missed flight and a detour through a country I wasn't planning on visiting this weekend...but I think it's best if I leave that story for a later blog. The Flight Left Gent bright and early and headed to the "Brussels" airport. I'll just go ahead and say something about a little airline that, in order to avoid a lawsuit, I will refer to as ... read more

Edinburgh and The Cairngorms To celebrate our 10th anniversary we decided to head for Edinburgh and then continue on up to the Cairngorms. On our first evening we visited a comedy club. There was mixed range of talent: the compere’s material mostly consisted of having a go at the audience (you got a feeling of bitter disappointment in life such was the vitriol), and a class act from Canada and his observations on being a foreigner in Scotland. We stayed in a plush hotel for the first night and enjoyed a repeat visit to the Scottish Museum (highly recommended) in the morning. The journey is pretty impressive on the Edinburgh - Inverness route. After the Forth Bridge, the rolling landscape of Fife and the spectacular views of the coast, the train heads inland towards Perthshire. ... read more

I just ventured onto the great Scotish Isle of Skye with 3 friends, one of which if from the Island. The drive up through the highlands was like going back in time. Not only through the ancient history of Scotland its self, but back to my past in New Brunswick. The landscape started out being very similar, up until the hills towered into snow-caped mountains...that was more like the Kootanies past the Rockies. While on the magical Isle of Skye, we heard many folk lore stories about some of the peaks in hte distance, and we got to see a valley of Faery Glens, which are the entance ways to the faery world. We all had an stange and distant feeling as we frolicked by. My friend Catrionas father took us to a small little pub ... read more

The last week has been pretty fun on the pretext that it's "Kim's last week in Edinburgh!" I've met some really cool and fun people so it's been nice. Wednesday night was full of Popscene-like dancing which was awesome. I scare people with my dancing in foreign countries just like I do at home. I went for a walk along the Water of Leith path and I really enjoyed it. It's beautiful in a disturbing and depressing way. All my walking around Edinburgh this week has made me fall in love with it all over again. Everywhere you look is something amazing and I cannot even tell you how much I love the sky here. I probably could have stayed here longer, but if you don't move quick you don't move at all. It's way too ... read more