top fives All of these top fives are in my opinion, you can take it or leave it … I would take it! We had a freaking ball! 🙂 Top five places Santorini Athens Murren Bordeaux Granada Top five hotels/hostels or holiday rentals Rome – Roma Guest House Edinburgh – Grey Friars Attic Santorini –…
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Were going home!!
Day 94 10th of October We left for Heathrow after check out even though our flight wasn’t until 6:00pm. Getting to Heathrow was easy on the underground. It was such a strange feeling knowing that we were carting our bags around for the last time. It was definitely bitter/sweet. I couldn’t wait to get home…
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This morning we cooked up the haggis that we had in the fridge, waiting for when we were game enough to try it! We leave today so it was a better time than any. I enjoyed it. It just tasted like black pudding. After a hearty breakfast we headed to the station by cab, because…
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Today was rainy again, so St Andrews is off the itinerary. I am sure it would have been great but only on a nice sunny day 🙂 Rhys wasn’t able to get too much shopping done for himself yet so todays mission was to buy another bag to carry as hand luggage and fill it…
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Day 91 7th October Today we weren’t really sure what we were going to, we had originally planned to go to St Andrews but the weather didn’t seem sunny enough to make the long journey there, also there was so many more things to see in Edinburgh so we thought we would make the most…
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Day 90 6th of October Todays weather was so miserable! I didn’t mind the rain and cold in the earlier days, but today was a bit unbearable! I was so cold my face felt frozen and you could actually feel it defrost when you got inside and started warming up! My eyes were streaming with…
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We planned to meet my cousin Bruce again today in Prince’s street to grab a bite to eat for lunch, do some shopping together and maybe tick off a couple more things on my dads list of things to do. We were a little late so poor Bruce waited for us for a little while.…
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Day 88 4th of October With Edinburgh being the place my parents were born and raised, I needed to explore some of the places that were important in their growing up. Dad had given us a hefty list of places we should see, most in the Juniper Green area so we planned to spend most…
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Day 87 3rd of October Today we got up and had a nice breakfast of baked beans, sausages and toast! MMmm Then we set up the computer and Skyped my sister and the folks. We wanted to have a chat with them to get any advice on things to see and do while we are…
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Day 86 After a very short stay, we caught a cab to the Lime Street train station (in Liverpool) to get to Edinburgh. We wished we had been able to spend a couple more days in here, we didn’t get to see much and it seems to be quite a happening place! The train took…
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