~ August 27, 2002 ~

Edinburgh.

We flew out of London today heading for Edinburgh. Whilst waiting on the plane, I saw a white streak flash by that was apparently a Concorde taking off. We landed at Edinburgh airport and were whisked in to our hotel by a friendly cabbie who gave us the really basic course in Edinburgh history and culture. This is it.

The part of town we are staying in is Stockbridge. At only a couple of hundred years old. Its in the NEW part of town. The old part of town, where Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace and the universities are- thats the OLD part of town,  being a lot older than a mere couple of hundred years.  And the culture part?  There are pubs, lots of them. Because that’s what people do here for fun-go to pubs.

I’m sure there is a lot more to Scottish history than that, and I intend to find out. We arrived at our accomodation. A pub, with a beer garden. I like this place. We shared a pint of Guinness and a bowl of chips then put on our walking boots.

 

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catho
Aug 28, 3:04 AM

I’ll have to find a atlas to check out all these places! 

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