Blogs from Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 471

Ok so we arrived in Edinburgh, SCotland.. It had to be the scariest flight ever!! well first off we had to wake up at 4am to catch a bus to our ryan air flight. The bus ride was another hour and a half and then the time to load our baggage up on to our flight. I knew we had a prblem with having overage on baggage weight at the airport.. how abou the school had to front about 1500$ in overage charges...eeeeeeek... o well so we finally got on the flight and all was well until we hit such bad turbulence crossing over to Scotland!!! jen and i seriously cried our eyes out as everyone was laughing at us, but it wasnt funny!!! it was terrible. an irish boy sittin next to us was asking ... read more

Vicky and Roddy took us to Stirling today - home to the William Wallace Monument (Braveheart), it gives you the history of the man who struggle to give FREEDOM to Scotland. The monument is built like the tower of a castle, with a narrow and winding staircase about 260 steps. You get to see Williams sword and a view of where the battle of Stirling occured, when Scotland beat the English. It was very cold and windy at the top.... read more

Today Roddy took us for a drive around Aberdeen Shire, we saw some castles and lochs. Froze our Australian sun loving arses of - but enjoyed it all the same. Going to Sterling tomorrow - will have to buy a better jacket.... read more

i have a niece!!!!! i'm now a member of the secret auntie's club!! nai and matt had a baby this morning - chloe jemima. i've seen photos already - she's soooo cute. i'm not at all biassed of course. so exciting. i still can't believe it really. it's all so lovely. anyway, scotland.... hmmm. i arrived last night and haven't seen/done anything!! so - not much to report. the rest of ireland was great. just did the touristy stuff and a spot of shopping. great shopping there - what can i say!! i survived my second ryan air flight without too much hassle. so now only one easy jet flight left - to get back to london!! yay!! should be fun. i'm staying with some friends here in edinburgh. it's nice to be part of a ... read more

Sorry it took me so long to update my blog but here I am to inform you all of my adventures in the far north of the UK. I returned to my flat at around 8:30am on Monday after a torturous 13-hour bus ride. For those of you that don’t know, I went to the highlands of Scotland. We stayed in a castle that was donated to the Scottish Youth Hostel Association. The castle was said to have a “haunted” room but we didn’t get to stay in it. Scotland was so beautiful! It was so peaceful and calm. The people there were really kind and laid back. We only visited four small towns, well one was a bit larger than the rest but not too much bigger. We had a four-hour wait in Inverness for ... read more