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Traveler Edinburgh 2022
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- Sep 27, 2022, 2:48pm
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 91 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.947005, -3.19066755°56’49” N 3°11’26” W
Day 24
National History Museum #2
September 27, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Als ich dann wieder in der Stadt war, bin ich nochmal in das National History Museum gegangen. 🏛♥️
Heute habe ich dann einen anderen Teil der Ausstellung gefunden, die irgendwie im Aufbau verwirrend war, aber auch spannend, wo man da dann so reinstolpert - sprichwörtlich gesehen natürlich! 🫢
Die Holzschnitzereien fand ich total schick und die schottische Strickkunst (sagt das mal dreimal schnell hintereinander…) auch! 🧶
Die Sanduhren wurden von Pastoren genutzt, um sich die Zeit zu messen, aber durchaus auch mal eine Stunde…⏳ Dann fand ich die Brücken auch cool! 🌉 Und dann stand da auf einmal ein normal-großer Zug! 🚂 Und ein riesiges rekonstruiertes Pumpwerk! 🫢 Der historische Leichenwagen war auch spannend.
Und dann habe ich es auch geschafft die Dachterrasse ohne Regen zu erwischen! 😂🌦
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Mooney's European Adventure
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- Jul 7, 2022, 9:52pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 85 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.946667, -3.19166755°56’48” N 3°11’30” W
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Day 14
Last Day in Belfast and on to Edinburgh
July 7, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
This update encompasses 2 days of our trip. Our last day in Belfast, we didn't do a lot. The highlight was getting to meet up with a distant cousin and his wife who live here in Northern Ireland. We met Pascal and Jacqui a few years ago when they came to Canada to visit the lost Mooney family. When they found out we were coming to Belfast they reached out and drove up to Belfast to meet us for Lunch. What a great time.

Afterwards we went on a tour of the Crumlin Road Gaol (the old jail here in Belfast during the time of the troubles). Super interesting and very well done. We don't have much in the way of pictures because we weren't supposed to take any (but I think Jenny snuck a few). And after that we pretty much just walked home and started getting ready to check out the next morning. So you see, not a lot to tell.

Which then takes us on to Edinburgh. For this travel day, we had to catch a bus at city hall and that bus takes us on to the Stena Line ferry and then off to Glasgow. I spent a bit of time on the outside deck of the ferry watching Ireland slowly fade into the distance. Not knowing what lay ahead. Turns out, Scotland looks a lot like Ireland. Who Knew?!?! It really is beautiful here. Glasgow looked really neat but unfortunately we were just passing through. We got to Glasgow by bus so we walked down to the Central train station, brought tickets to the next train to Edinburgh immediately boarded and we were off. Just like that.

Arriving in Edinburgh was like a dream. Tall buildings all around us. Steep hills and narrow closes to walk through. Amazing. Out apartment is really cool too. 3rd floor walk up with a view of the grass market... although our building is covered with scaffolding so that isn't ideal. We got in and settled then went to a lovely little restaurant called Mums Great Comfort Food for a late supper. Then it was off to buy some groceries, get back to our place and do some laundry. I am really looking forward to some exploring tomorrow.

That is it for these 2 days. Hopefully more exciting updates tomorrow.

P.s. 15,401 steps yesterday and 16,953 today. Gonna have to"step it up" tomorrow. HAHAHA.Read more
Traveler guess that's one less kid comin home 🙂
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Traveler love that sky light
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Traveler Beautiful! 🤩
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Traveler Caught up on your journey today and how wonderful to get to tag along! Thanks for the great photos and posts!!!
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Traveler Kószia 2022
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- Aug 10, 2022, 4:34pm
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 85 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.946667, -3.19166755°56’48” N 3°11’30” W
Day 7
Variációk egy zsiráfra (1)
August 10, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Eddig ők a kedvenceim. A fesztiválon mindig más állat a szimbólum, idén a zsiráf nyert. Mindenféle szervezet, művész üzen általuk: fogyassz helyi zöldséget, olvasd el a Pán Pétert, nézd meg a helyi buszosok ruháját stb.Read more
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Traveler Edinburgh 2022
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- Sep 19, 2022, 4:36pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 79 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.941222, -3.18303755°56’28” N 3°10’59” W
Day 16
Till‘s und Lady & the Bear
September 19, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Nachdem ich auch in meinem Zimmer weiter den Weg von der Queen aus Westminster durch London nach Windsor geguckt habe, bin ich nochmal ein bisschen rausgegangen. ☀️ Ich habe mich dann irgendwie in einem Buchladen wiedergefunden, der gebrauchte Bücher verkauft. 📚 Und… vielleicht habe ich da auch welche gefunden. 🫠
Danach war ich in einem sehr schönen Café mit echt leckerem Kuchen und Tee! ☕️🍋
Abends habe ich mit der Familie ein bisschen gespielt und dann gab es Chinesisch zum Abendessen. 🥡
Jetzt bin ich länger wach geblieben als unbedingt nötig und gehe also schnell ins Bett. 😴 Gute Nacht allerseits und bis morgen! ♥️🥳Read more
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Scotland‘s Yards
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- Apr 27, 2024, 4:00pm
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 84 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.945313, -3.18490555°56’43” N 3°11’6” W
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Camera Obscura
April 27 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Direkt auf der sehr historischen Royal Mile gibt es das Camera Obscura a world of Illusion. Da hatten wir sehr viel Spaß mit allen erdenklichen optischen Täuschungen. Am Ende gabs ganz oben im sehr alten Gemäuer tatsächlich eine Kamera Obscura, die mittels Spiegel auf einen runden Tisch in der Mitte des kleinen Raumes das 360 Grad Bild der Umgebung projiziert. Dazu eine tolle Erklärung gespickt mit schottischem Humor von Helen alias Margret. Ein Muss für Edinburgh.Read more
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Scotland‘s Yards
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- Apr 27, 2024, 7:45pm
- ☀️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 84 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.945313, -3.18490555°56’43” N 3°11’6” W
Day 3
HAMILTON live on stage in Edinburgh
April 27 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Den schönen Tag hier haben wir uns spontan mit einem ganz besonderen Event gekrönt. Schon beim Parkplatz suchen hatten wir gesehen, das das Ensemble vom Musical Hamilton hier gastiert und genau heute die letzte Vorstellung war. Auf Nachfrage und auch online gab es natürlich keine Karten mehr. Aber wir lassen nicht locker und haben stand-by an der Abendkasse Glück, dass 2 Karten zurück gegeben werden ✌️Read more
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Roadtrip in Schottland
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- May 17, 2024, 2:42pm
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 86 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.946972, -3.19121755°56’49” N 3°11’28” W
Day 2
Greyfriars Bobby
May 17 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Bobby gehörte dem Polizisten John Gray und soll nach dessen Tod im Jahr 1858 die übrigen 14 Jahre seines eigenen Lebens an Grays Grab auf dem Kirchhof der Greyfriars Kirk in der Altstadt von Edinburgh verbracht haben. Er verließ seinen Platz nur zu den Mahlzeiten, die ihm im nahe gelegenen „Coffee House“ gereicht wurden. Zeitgenössischen Berichten zufolge fanden sich zur Mittagszeit regelmäßig Schaulustige vor dem Friedhof ein, um den Hund bei seinem täglichen Gang zum Coffee House zu beobachten, zu dem er sich jeweils nach Abfeuerung der Ein-Uhr-Kanone aufmachte. Bobby starb schließlich im Alter von 16 Jahren und wurde ebenfalls auf dem Greyfriars Kirkyard beerdigt – heimlich, weil dort eigentlich keine Tiere beerdigt werden dürfen, doch in diesem Fall wäre jeder andere Ort undenkbar gewesen.Read more
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- Aug 25, 2023, 7:00pm
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 86 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.946728, -3.18461155°56’48” N 3°11’5” W
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Day 20
The Sprit of Scotland
August 25, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We were piped into the building. Had the ceremony of toast to the Haggis with a wee dram.

Yes, I tried the Haggis, and it wasn't bad really.

Lovely dinner and then the entertainment of singing, Highland dancing and piper. Was a nice night.Read more
Traveler Mum will be so excited to hear that you tried haggis, I was showing her your itinerary and that was one of her questions
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Traveler It was not the smelly thing I remember my father bringing home as a kid. I can still picture it.
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Traveler hmmmm interesting
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Traveler Forgot to attach the piping in of the Haggis.
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Mooney's European Adventure
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- Jul 9, 2022, 3:47pm
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 85 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.946667, -3.19166755°56’48” N 3°11’30” W
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Day 16
Last day in Edinburgh
July 9, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
This place will be hard to leave. So much left undone. I guess when you leave wanting more, it provides greater incentive to come back.

The day started off on a high note. We met up with my long lost cousin Donelda and her Scottish husband Nick. They live near Edinburgh and drove into the city to meet us. Great conversation and nice to see family on the road.

Afterwards we decided to head over to Dean Village. Some friends of ours used to live there when they lived in Edinburgh and said it was lovely. So we went to check it out and send them some pictures to help them reminisce. On the way we came across a cool graveyard that we wandered into and looked around. Apparently, that graveyard had the grave of the mathematician who made using the decimal popular. Who knew?!?! Then it was on to Dean Village. It was a beautiful area with nice parks and walking paths. We wandered down some of those covered paths for a bit until we decided to head back to the old town.

Once we got back we headed over to Greyfriars Kirkyard where there lies the grave of Greyfriar Bobby and Thomas Riddle (the inspiration for Voldemort in the Harry Potter books). We got to eavesdrop on a tour telling the story of Greyfriar Bobby. Look it up if you don't know the story ( a little homework for you. What, you thought this was just going to be all fun?!?!?)

Then we made reservations for supper at the Beehive Inn here on Grassmarket, did some more walking around went and ate supper and then headed back to our flat where we are now packing up, journaling the day, and listening to the live music coming from outside. The grassmarket is hopping on a Saturday night. Tomorrow we are off to London which everyone is excited about. Jen and I are feeling a bit trepidatious but I am sure we will get it figured out in no time.

Ok. That is it from Scotland. See you in England.

P.s. for your enjoyment I took a video of this girl trying to climb onto the back of a giraffe from out my window. Good times.Read more
Traveler nice!!
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Traveler you should redesign your dining room like a castle
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- Aug 9, 2023, 1:05pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 87 m
- Scotland Edinburgh Grassmarket University of Edinburgh 55.94667, -3.19204955°56’48” N 3°11’31” W
Day 4
Greyfriars Kirk
August 9, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century, and a number of notable Edinburgh residents are interred at Greyfriars.Read more
Traveler I learnt today that JK Rowland got a lot of characters' names from greyfriars, and there is a headstone with the name Tom Riddle.
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University of Edinburgh

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National History Museum #2

Last Day in Belfast and on to Edinburgh

Variációk egy zsiráfra (1)

Till‘s und Lady & the Bear

Camera Obscura

HAMILTON live on stage in Edinburgh

Greyfriars Bobby

The Sprit of Scotland

Last day in Edinburgh

Greyfriars Kirk

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