Edinburgh #1: The Castle and Calton Hill
August 8th 2016 I arrived around lunchtime as my train had only taken about an hour and a half. It was about a ten minute walk from the station to my hostel. I was staying in the New Town area. My hostel was a bit of a dump, but it was one of the cheapest places I could find, £15 a night for a ten bed dorm. Some places were charging crazy prices as unfortunately my trip coincided with the fringe festival. I deci
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