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View of Beautiful Scotland from the Train  
   

View of Beautiful Scotland from the Train

Visiting the Edinburgh Castle: Defender of the Nation

January 27th 2012
Today we woke up at the unholy hour of 5am, left our warm, comfy bed in London for the 7am train to Edinburgh. The train is much more costly than a bus, so at £45 per person each way, versus £17 per person for the bus, we opted to take the train one way (to see the scenery) and the night bus home. The train today was just so easy (only 4.5 hours) so I'm sure on Monday morning we will be kick ... read more
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29th January 2012

Im glad you're loving it there. We did too. The big picture over my couch is that castle. When you get to the highlands.....think about nova scotia... The similarity is quite amazing!

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