United KingdomI took the local transit to the Royal mile ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mile ) and walked up to the Castle, explored some of the shops and activities. Will return tomorrow and explore some more. Sunny but a chilly and a little bit of a wind today so will bundle up more for tomorrow
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Tolle Kirche, sehr beeindruckend!
Ann: Hier gibt es den bekannten Diestelorden. Es gehören ihm 16 Personen an, sowie die Queen, Prinzessin Anne und Prinz William. 14 Personen sind Schotten und zwei Briten. Ausländer dürfen nicht Mitglied werden, einzig ein Norweger wurde seit 250 Jahren aufgenommen. Warum weiss ich aber nicht.
Jahrestag ist der 30.11. da treffen sich alle hier in der Kirche.Read more
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Die St Giles' Cathedral steht im Herzen von Old Town Edinburgh.
Der Anblick von außen ist schon ausgesprochen imposant.
Ein Besuch lohnt sich auf jeden Fall, sehenswert auch die "Thistle Chapel" in der
Kathedrale selbst.
Der Eintritt ist gratis, nur wer innen fotografieren möchte zahlt 2 Pfund.
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Typisches irisches Pub mitten in Old Town Edinburgh.
Es gibt jeden Abend Live Musik, die gute Stimmung bringt.
Das Pub ist beliebt bei Schüler und Studenten. Mit entsprechendem Ausweis, bekommt man Rabatt.
Gut zum feiern oder auch zum ansehen von Rugby Spielen.
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Wandered around for a bit. Had a nice meal and a good and cheap half pint (NZD $4). Strolled through Edinburgh old and new towns. Beautiful buildings. All so similar, looks great.
Was very confused because (after 4 days trying to get my ear into German) I kept hearing German everywhere. Any time I could hear someone having a conversation, I could swear it was German. The Scottish accents onlyRead more
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Wandered around a bit more. Had a nice and affordable 3 course Italian lunch. Delicious.
Then found a market on the Royal Mile (and a Warhammer shop). Market was nice. Almost bought wool slippers, but instead went for 3 nice prints.
Then more wanderings - past a cool sword shop and past the cafe where JK Rowling wrote most of her first book (it was packed, no surprises there). Followed by aRead more
United KingdomGreyfriars bobby ah! Day at the museum... Nice.
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Arrived in Edinburgh and found my hostel (pic 1), wandered around, up and down the Golden Mile (super packed with Fringe festival stuff), checked out Scottish parliament (very interesting building, pic 2), and climbed the hill to Arthur's Seat (amazing views, pic 3, even a little sunshine!).
Dinner was traditional haggis, neeps (mashed turnips - why don't we do this at home?), and tattiesRead more
United KingdomQueen Elizabeth II visited Edinburgh for an invitation only Garden Party held at her summer home, Holyrood Palace, as part of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration. A good time was had by all and we were totally exhausted as we left the festivities! :)
You might also know this place by the following names:
Old Town
