Yet another traditional English breakfast. After that we headed for the sightseeing tour (with first a stop at the Cat Gallery). This time we got off at Edinburgh Castle. We spent a couple of hours visiting most of it, and also witnessed the daily 1pm canon shot. From the castle we also observed a small […]
Holiday in Scotland – day 6 Read More »
Still plenty of dark clouds in the sky, but no rain coming down. The breakfast was better organized than the dinner the night before: Only 1 hostess working, but she did a superb job in seating everyone and supplying everyone with their choice of coffee or tea, white or brown toast, and cooked breakfast. Check-out
Holiday in Scotland – day 5 Read More »
Monday started out nice and sunny. Because of that we’d decided to go on foot to the bus station, instead of taking a cab. We walked to the bus station, and got there with plenty of time to spare, unlike the bus. Even though the bus arrived after it was supposed to depart we had
Holiday in Scotland – day 4 Read More »
We enjoyed breakfast prepared by Ms. Nammary for the last time, before paying our bill and heading for the bus station. The bus arrived right on time. The bus ride to Inverness was quite uneventful. It did take us near Gleneagles, but there wasn’t much to see yet, only some fencing & extra wireless road
Holiday in Scotland – day 3 Read More »
We began the day with a City Sightseeing tour. We had decided to first take the full 1-hour round, and then during the 2nd round to jump off at something we’d like to see better. There were lots of people waiting at the train station to get to the ‘Make Poverty History‘ event in Edinburgh.
Holiday in Scotland – day 2 Read More »
On Friday July 1st, we left early in the morning for Gothenburg City Airport. At Svinesund we crossed the border for the last time toll-free across the new bridge. We arrived at the (small!) airport with plenty of time to spare. Check-in was not going to open until 2 hours before scheduled departure, so we
Holiday in Scotland – day 1 Read More »