Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh castle is one of the most commonly visited castles in all of Scotland. Its the oldest castle in Scotland dated back to the early iron age, being around 1510. When I visited it was quite busy. When I had asked about their regular attendance they said that that day was a slow day, so be prepared to be in confined areas with a lot of people. It cost 15 (pounds) for admission with a group tour for the whole day, or it costs 20 (pounds) for an evening walk through, but this is only 90 minutes. Yet, I do not think that is enough time to get your moneys worth out of this great historical landmark.
Loch Ness Tour
Loch ness is full of mystery, with its obvious mysterious creature Messy, which brings excitement for those who go on boat tours to maybe see this Mythical creature. Whilst on this tour, you visit Glencoe a small historical battle ground. If you get sea sick, like myself be wary about going because on average the tour takes 12 hours most of it being on boat. There are other tours but the one I'm referring to was very well done and had interesting and funny tour guides.
General Information
The population of Edinburgh is around 482,000 people. The amount of people mixed with the size of Edinburgh makes it quite squished in some areas, because some areas like new town are quite heavily populated. We stayed all over Edinburgh and personally I enjoyed staying in old town with my father's friend.
Driving
In Scotland you drive on the left side of the road. If your not comfortable thats okay, because you can travel all around Edinburgh by double decker buses and taxis services. Dont be too confident thinking its the same as driving on the right side of the road, the streets are different and they have roundabouts and other road differences making it a difficult transition.
Locals
If you dont understand what the locals are saying thats okay, ask them to slow down and repeat. They will not take offence to this as long as your not rude about it. When I went, I was with my father who wasn't in a good mood and he spoke rather rude to the locals the one day. Everyone saw and the rest of the day everyone walked past him like they were New Yorker's, and we were trying to get them to sign a petition.
Never refer to Scotland as England, it is offensive to the locals. Scotland is its own country. My dad's friend, whom we went to visit made this mistake when he first moved to Scotland. His neighbors were not kind to him after that, not even giving him sugar when we needed it the one day.
If your going to use slang, don't say it too much to locals, you come off as your trying to hard. My sister who is a little older than I am, continuously tried to play a long as a real scotts women, the locals were not to pleased by her attempt and would ignore her and walk away.
I like how you talk about the attitudes of locals and what to expect from them and the advice about the use of slang is very helpful especially for this generation. I think the warning/advice for people who get sea sick, I think that can really better someone trip knowing in advance that it is almost a full 12 hours on a boat. I would say add more imagery and sensory detail about the castles.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciated the historical castle and the tour, It's always interesting to visit an older sight and that castle seems like a perfect one to go visit. I really enjoyed how you added about how it was a slow day for them but you assumed t was very busy.I also like how you included the price I think this is very helpful for people wanting to go, it gives them a good idea of how much to bring.
DeleteAlso I thought it was very informative to include what the locals do and do not like because it's mistakes everyone from here could easily make. It's good to know how much these things you say they take offense to easily. Especially about referring to Scotland as England.
Some advice would be to make sure your spelling is proper along with punctuation, such as make sure don't has ' , also ok is spelt okay. Some other things to think about including would be maybe some places to eat or the type of dishes they are known for. I think this would be better for people who aren't so much into the historical sights. I did really like this blog and I thought it was overall very informative and really enjoyed what you included.
I like how you talked about your own experience on the tours. Your blog caught my eye the second that it loaded and made me very interested. I think that talking about how they drive is very helpful because some people may not know. My only suggestion would be to add more photos.
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