I had planned to go see Craigievar Castle as my last stop on the Castle Trail but as I was looking at my plans I discovered that it was closed on Thursdays. So I decided to extend my trail by a day and that I would do some back tracking and visit some other…
Just a few days ago we went out to Stockbridge for the evening. And the first place we went to is called Goya 23. It’s a Sherry tasting experience and wine bar. Now when I think of Sherry I usually think of the sherry my mother might occasionally have cooked with and the itty bitty…
The idea was to visit the castles that are within reasonable distance to Edinburgh. And Tantallon Castle is just one of those castles. The people at the visitor center made it sound easy to get there and certainly well worth the trip out. Take the train from Waverley station in Edinburgh and go to North…
When i finally woke up this morning I was somewhat amused to see the two house cats camped out in my room patiently waiting for me to wake up. Had they been my cats there would be no patiently. They would have been on the bed telling me that they were hungry and it was…
So it was Friday last night and the end of the week. I’ve covered a lot of ground here in Edinburgh. I’ve traveled to parts of the city that I’ve not seen before as well as lots of places that I remember from previous trips. It’s been a long week and I’ve walked a…
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo was brilliant. I love hearing the bagpipes anyway and so hearing them being played en masse with the pipers all decked out in their Scottish Military regalia met and exceeded my expectations. First, I had great seats. . . looking straight on to the entrance of the castle from which…
I happened to be reading articles from the BBC that I get in my email every morning and I came across this one article that I thought was really interesting and certainly relevant to my stay here in the UK. It’s just that in the UK they are in the process of changing their one…
The invitation said to arrive at 17:00 hours. Actually they suggested that I arrive about 15 minutes early as there would be lots of activity then and it would be a busy event and that while their intention was to get everyone in they needed participants to be prompt. I’ve been to the old town…
Just imagine over 50,000 performances of more than 3200 shows all crammed into a 3 week time period. It actually seems like it might be a bit longer because some performances are playing right up until August 26th. And it’s not just street performances. There are big names and there are also unknown newbies performing…
I am off on another adventure. My friend Tonya virtually insisted that I come for a visit. In past times if I was out and about traveling she would often send me a message suggesting that as long as I was in the area I should come for a visit..makes sense, right? The flight from…