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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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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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beauty and the beast
Blog: robbo joy (and now also slam) - 1 July 2009
after the mini stopover at iceland, we took off for the british isles and arrived in glasgow in the evening. our accommodations for the night, travelodge, was oddly positioned right next to an extreme sports megacomplex called xscape. xscape features an indoor ski slope, zip line and aerial obstacle course, rock climbing wall, and this free fall thing with fans to prevent sudden sure death. i really wanted to try it. we were also attracted to the novelty of the indoor snowboarding but decided that paying 15 pounds for one hour on a bunny slope was not worth it.
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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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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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Unusual Place of the Month: Rosslyn Chapel
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 22 June 2009
Dan Brown may have popularized this chapel in his book “The Da Vinci Code” but this chapel was famous in its own right long before that. Rosslyn Chapel has been loved for both it’s amazing decorative artwork as well as the mystery that surrounds it. Located 45 minutes outside of Edinburgh, Rosslyn Chapel, properly named [...]
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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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March layovers in Scotland and Japan.
Blog: Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew on the side. - 9 June 2009
Following our relaxing holiday in Thailand, Rebecca was straight back to work. Whilst we relaxed on the beaches of Phuket, she jetted from Dubai to Glasgow.Whilst in Scotland she visited the capital city, Edinburgh. One place more than I have seen!
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Loch Ness
Blog: Hackpacker - 4 June 2009
Some friends are visiting Inverness and asked if they should check out the monstered waters around that way.
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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.
