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  1. Edinburgh for Kids

    Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 27 November 2009

    Edinburgh in November. If you’re anything like me the first thing that comes to mind is cold! Don’t let the weather put a damper on your family plans. Edinburgh is a great place to take the kids. Just don’t forget a good coat. Though I’m not typically a big fan of tour buses, it was a good choice for my family. Almost all of the tours allow you to use your ticket to get on and off as often as you’d like.

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  2. Lady in Edinburgh

    Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009

    August is festival month in Edinburgh. With around ten festivals going on at the same time, Edinburgh comes alive with music, street performances, art, literature, food, and the occasional day of sunshine.

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  3. A Little Technology…Harnessing the Power of Twitter

    Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 22 October 2009

    I discovered a fantastic new use for Twitter that I plan to use on many of my future travels – and again, I owe it all to Andy. When I popped Andy a question about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows we arranged to meet up for a drink and chat. Once he decided that I wasn’t psycho (I promise, although I am a spaz, I’m actually quite nice in person!) he invited me to attend the weekly Twitter coffee meet up in the city. Apparently these “coffee mornings” happen all over ...

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  4. A Little Music…Fringe’s Singing and Dancing

    Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 19 October 2009

    I approached Andy via email before I arrived in Edinburgh for Fringe show recommendations and to give him warning that I fully hoped to meet up for coffee and drinks while I was in town. Before he would send over a list of his recommendations he asks me: “Fringe can be pretty experimental and risqué, are you ok with nudity and profanity in the name of art or do you take offense easily?” Well, after watching his favorites – it’s probably a good thing I was warned! Edinburgh Fringe is unjuried and entirely ...

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  5. a little theatre…rocking edinburgh fringe festival

    Blog: A Little Adrift - A RTW Travelogue - 16 October 2009

    Exiting the bus station in Edinburgh, Scotland I’m lured down the street toward the distant sounds of street music and cheering crowds on Princes Street that mingle alluringly with the more immediate rush of cars and the other pedestrians vying for space on the sidewalk. I’ve got two hours to kill before my host for the next week gets off of work and that means wandering the streets of Edinburgh in search of entertainment and grub. by Mario Cutroneo Stepping foot in Edinburgh was a culminating moment for me – in high ...

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  6. Books and Brits

    Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 29 August 2009

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  7. Homecoming Queen

    Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 8 August 2009

    It's the Year of Homecoming here in Scotland. Three hundred events are scheduled between Burns Day on the 25 January through to November. Pageantry, pipers and tartan abound.

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  8. A Novice’s Guide to Edinburgh in August

    Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 1 August 2009

    1. It will rain

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  9. Well Readinburgh

    Blog: Hackpacker - 24 June 2009

    Walking around Edinburgh it's easy to see how this atmospheric town would inspire great novels.

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  10. The Weekly Photo: Scottish Drummers

    Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 23 June 2009

    It’s not exactly a photo but consider it a “moving picture.” This was a group of great Scottish street performers in Edinburgh. © [...]

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  11. Exploring Edinburgh

    Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 11 June 2009

    I’ve always heard good things about the city of Edinburgh and I have to say that it fully lives up to its reputation. I’m here to celebrate my birthday tomorrow and I couldn’t have picked a better place to do it. I really love cities with a medieval feel- cities with cobblestone streets, Gothic [...]

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  12. Back to Rosslyn

    Blog: Hackpacker - 1 June 2009

    With Dan Brown's Angels and Demons currently posessing the box office, I was reminded of when I was researching a Scotland book a couple of years ago.

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