Ahhh...got your attention didn't I?! Ha. Actually, we saw lots of plaids and lots of kilts while in Scotland, but neither of us cruised around town in one. Maybe next time!
We spent a long weekend in Edinburgh and it was definitely one of my favorite cities so far. We rented an apartment through Booking.com (A site I would definitely recommend), and found ourselves in a quiet spot next to the university, within walking distance to everything in Old Town. Apparently, on the site where our apartment was, used to stand a huge infirmiry, which made me squeemish for a split second, until I realized all of those old germs of the olden days diseases like polio, measels, cholera etc are gone from this site by now!
Edinburgh is small, quaint, clean, has tons of history, good food (not only the Scottish pubs, but also they have diversity--Indian, Thai, Greek etc which Naples tends to lack), and we found it to be very walkable...even with a stroller. The highlight of the 'touristy' things we did was the Edinburgh Castle, offering tons of history and spectacular views of the city. We also visited a cathedral and went to one* of the palaces that the Queen enjoys when in Scotland. (*How many palaces does a person really need?). We also spent a lot of time walking around the Royal Mile, the quaint, cobble stone street that runs straight from the queen's palace to the Edinburgh castle, and is lined w/ shops, pubs, cafes, and even a bag piper:)
Since there isn't too much to do in the city center, it is a city easily done in a long weekend, those 3 days allowing plenty of time to walk the city at a relaxing pace, dine on fish n chips, enjoy some scottish beers, and consider if your legs really are meant to be shown off in a kilt or not:)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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