walk around the streets near...
by kinipela6
walk around the streets near the castle and along Princes street. With the misty skies and lush greenery in sight, your ears will get an even tastier treat: The sound of bagpipes echoing off the cliffs and buildings throught the city. Almost a spiritual experience! My cousin and I stepped off the bus at night, backpacks and our feet is all we had. It was dark, raining, windy, and we had never been here before, and had no idea where we were going, or where we were going to stay! We walked for awhile, I gave up on my umbrella as it kept flipping inside out from the wind. We finally found a great hostel just off princes street. The hostel required that you hike up almost sixty stairs before you even got to the front desk. Brightly painted, and so fun, we finally got there, and reserved our bunks.
Make Poverty History
by Nemorino
During my most recent visit to Edinburgh, the city was getting ready for the big "Make Poverty History" march on July 2, 2005, on the occasion of the G8 Summit Meeting which is to be held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire on 6 to 8 July.
I used to think "G8" meant "The Greedy Eight" or "The Gluttonous Eight", but in fact it stands for the 'Group of Eight' nations, namely the eight richest countries in the world. The purpose of the march is to demand "trade justice, debt cancellation, and more and better aid for the world's poorest countries."
Related meetings and events were already being held, including the "Time to Talk" program, which includes exhibitions, conferences and talks, music, as well as theatre and dance performances.
These events are co-sponsored by the Edinburgh City Council, which says "as a Council we congratulate the organisations that have contributed to, and promoted, the success of the Make Poverty History Campaign. All parties in Council support the principles of the campaign, which are to provide developing nations with an appropriate aid rate, to promote Fair Trade and export subsidies, and to cancel the national debts of the poorest countries."
THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE
by Pixiekatten
This is a rather fun piece of information. Something not known by many! Not even among the habbitants of Edinburgh...
Walking down George IV Bridge (coming from Royal Mile) theres a grand building on the left hand side. Many times have I walked passed, not knowing that one of the statues by the rooftop has lost his face.
After living in Edinburgh for 3 years a collegue at work told me the story about how a worker that was cleaning the statues accidently cleaned one of them to the extent that nothing remained of the face on one of them. Apparently he panicked and got out a thick filter pen from his pocket and drew eyes, nose and a mouth on it.
If the story is true I can not say. But when you take a close look at the old Mid-Lothian County Building one fact remains. One of the statues is a man without a face!
Go see for yourself!!! =)
Forth Railway Bridge
by keeweechic
Forth Railway Bridge was opened in 1890 after 7 years in the building. At that time it was the biggest bridge in the world and the first major steel bridge containing almost 54,000 tons of steel. It was quite an engineering feat and expected to ‘last ‘forever’.
The bridge spans 2.5 kms and has a double track. It was featured in Alfred Hitchcocks movie "The Thirty-Nine Steps".
West of Edinburgh, spanning the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry and North Queensferry.
Edinburgh Clubbing
by MDH about Espionage
Espionage is a cheesy yet fun place to go to on a Saturday night after a few drinks and you're feeling a little sloppy. This place is five floors of bars and dance spots, playing everything from uber-cheesy Euro dance to hard-hitting hip-hop. The place can get especially crowded with the locals and some tourists, so be aware of the crowds! Inside, it also can get quite crowded and stuffy. None that I know of. Just look nice and presentable. This ain't Ministry of Sound or anything...
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Inside the museum
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1997
Interior of the chapel
Edinburgh
