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St Andrew’s Day 2013 in Edinburgh

St Andrew’s Day 2013 in Edinburgh

Friday Evening Edinburgh is one of our favourite cities. We had already visited earlier this year, which you can read all about here, here, here, here, here …and finally here!. However the opportunity to celebrate Scotland’s national day, St Andrew’s Day 2013, with the locals gave Sarah and I another opportunity to venture north. Major tourist attractions open their doors for free on this day and we hoped to join the throngs. Things didn’t go quite as planned, but once again we had…

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Edinburgh at Night

Edinburgh at Night

Following our earlier walk around the city centre, we went to Travelodge Edinburgh Central Waterloo Place where were staying for the night. We had something to eat and then decided to sample one of Edinburgh’s recommended watering holes, The Last Drop. Situated in the Grassmarket the historic market area in the Old Town below the castle our route to it was foreboding as we passed a number of shady looking places. However we arrived at the Grassmarket itself to find an open bright…

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