Life's about experiences. These are mine.
Our last full day in Edinburgh was the usual frenetic activities followed by and a couple of hours of wondering what to do. It would be hard to fill your day completely and knackering too so you are left with pockets of time sat in coffee shops waiting to move on. It is also quite …
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With so many shows on at the Fringe you take a bit of a punt of what you might like to see and hope it turns out for the best. Today we managed a 66.6% success rate I would say. I paid for this! Our first show, held in the back room of a pub, …
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Our first full day and a morning to fill until our first booked event so we wandered over to the book festival site. We’d already checked before coming up if there were any events that coincided with our time here but sadly there were not. However, it is still an interesting place to visit and …
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Edinburgh has got it all going on in August which is why we keep coming back. The International Festival, International Book Festival, Fringe Festival, The West End Fair and the Military Tattoo, and we’ve pretty much done them all with the exception of the latter. I think that this is our fourth time in Edinburgh …
I thought that I hadn’t been to the National Museum of Scotland before but as soon as we were inside I recognised it. From a dark and oppresive entrance it opens out into a vast light and airy space. It is a beautiful place packed with interesting objects. However, it is a right old maze …
While our Fringe dates might be over we did still have a morning to kill and I had seen advertised an exhibition at the National museum of Scotland called “Rip it up: the Story of Scottish Pop” that I fancied visiting, so we did. The museum itself turned out to be a beautiful place. Light and …
So, our penultimate day, and it had a lot to live up to after the successes of yesterday. The beauty of the Fringe is that there are a huge variety of shows on offer for all tastes. However, there were three particular themes that stood out this year: improv – you name it and they …
Having said that nothing much gets started at the fringe in the mornings we had found a play that was on at 11am called Alabama God Damn and so had booked for that today. This was another in a small space with only three principal actors and one musician. This didn’t stop them having a …
The Fringe doesn’t really get going until the afternoon and so we were left with a morning to fill. We fancied being outside so we decided to go to Carlton Hill. When we have been in previous years it has been a lovely place for some quiet contemplation and great views over the city. Not …
Having come to Edinburgh three years ago for the fringe festival and loved the experience we knew we would be back. So we were excited to be returning again this year. That said it turns out that things seem much less exciting at 5am in the morning when you’re woken by the alarm! While I …