Shorter & longer travels, mostly holidays…
We got up bright & early and were all packed at 7am. We went downstairs and had a quick ‘continental breakfast’. The only other early risers were the ‘All Blades’. The taxi arrived right on time at 7.30, and after a short & quick drive we arrived at Prestwick. We did pass a large police […]
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Breakfast good & quick. After breakfast when we were back in the room I noticed to my embarrassment that I still had the key of Ardenlee in my pocket! After we reported our small toilet problem we got on the bus to Ayr. First priority there was finding a post office so that I could
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First another good breakfast. Then we packed up again and checked out. We grabbed a cab to the bus station at St. Andrews square. There we put our suitcases in a locker. We took out some more cash, and headed for the City Sightseeing. Here we were told that because of the canceled services yesterday
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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
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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
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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
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