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Recap of the last two days – London

Tuesday, January 4th, 2005

Woke up early on Monday to take the train to London. I had already begun considering not stopping in York. I was tired and just had a feeling based on my trips to Stirling and Dunfermline that a few hours (which was about the max I could give) wouldn’t be enough to orient myself to the town and explore anything. Talking to one of the National Rail guys at Waverly Station more or less clenched it. The trains were very busy, the earlier trains would be better than the later ones. If I stopped in York, I’d end up on one of those later trains. So, I was on the 8am train out of Edinburgh and arrived in London about 1pm. [read on]

Edinburgh – Last Day

Sunday, January 2nd, 2005

Feeling more well rested today. Didn’t do a lot yesterday. I did go on the tour of Mary King’s Close. It was quite neat. They ham it up a little bit for the tourists – the guides and re-enactors are dressed in period clothes and all and claim to be from the period when the close was where people lived rather than serving as the foundations for the City gov’t of Edinburgh. But it was still quite educational as you see how people in the 1600’s lived. I’ll stick to the 21st century! [read on]

Edinburgh – Day 4

Saturday, January 1st, 2005
Very tired today. Slept until nearly 10am. Am having breakfast as I write this. I only have one definite plan today and that's a tour of "Mary Kings' Close." I don't recall the full history but it's a section of ... [Continue reading this entry]