Wow… Edinburgh is absolutely gorgeous!! Granted, I was only there for a little over a day, and we only stayed in the old town, but it was just as I had imagined it. Honestly, I think Edinburgh is one of my favorite–if not favorite–places I’ve visited so far. We arrived at Edinburgh airport in the Read More »
Edinburgh, Scotland: October 30- November 2 We had a bit of trouble getting to Scotland. I thought my plan was foolproof, but a conglomeration of unfortunate events including my putting us on the wrong train, and us not being able to find the Easyjet desk- once again disputing the ‘easy’ part- put us at Read More »
We woke up early because we knew there was a lot to see in 1 day in Edinburgh. Tony, Blair, Adriane, Meaghan, and I piled into our car and began our 1 hour drive from Dumbarton. It is all motorway there so its not too bad. Our first destination in Edinburgh was of course, the Read More »
We all decided it was safest to get to the airport the afternoon before Tony’s 1:30pm flight, just in case there was some difficulty getting the bikes to the station. We started the day on the Craigs and headed our way to the bike shop that had disassembled and boxed our bikes and the majority Read More »
Sometimes, it almost seems unnatural for something to happen when you’ve been waiting for it for oh so long. But it does come round eventually, then suddenly its over and you don’t know what to do with yourself. Day 1: Arrival. We flew thru Honky Land which is really cool – the airport at least, Read More »
The 2-hour ride into Edinburgh was like living through all four seasons of the year without even leaving the train. At one stage, the snow was so thick that for about 10 minutes all we could see was white. Then it suddenly became sunny and green, the landscape dotted with sheep and cattle happily grazing. I had read and seen many Read More »
For our first full day in Scotland, Chantal and I had some alone time. We left the children at the house with their grandparents and took a train into Edinburgh. What an incredible city! Most of the main downtown core has an old world feel, something that cannot be said about anything that I have Read More »
02-3/11 Arrivo a Bangkok Che strano pensare di lasciare la calda e accogliente casa di Edinburgo e di non tornare (almeno speriamo) prima di 10mesi…..che strano non essere accompagnati o salutati da qualcuno in aeroporto…..non ci rendiamo proprio conto a cosa stiamo andando incontro e di che avventura straordinaria stiamo per fare! Partenza da Edinburgo Read More »
