"Edinburgh" a Edinburgh Travel Page by Dabs

My first trip to Edinburgh was in 1988 on my first trip to Europe, I was on a bit of a budget, stayed at a youth hostel, visited Edinburgh Castle, went hunting for my family tartan (my mom's side of the family) which I didn't like so I bought a scarf with someone else's pattern, ate haggis (ick) and met up with a pen pal that I had since I was in junior high.

I finally found an opportunity to return in January 2006, scheduling a 2 1/2 day stop before heading to the BIG VT meeting in London. 2 1/2 days was not enough time to see everything that I wanted but I made a pretty good dent in the list. January, is perhaps, not the optimal time to travel to Edinburgh, the gardens are not in bloom, it's a little on the chilly side, a few things were closed and it gets dark around 4:30 but on the plus side it wasn't crowded at the major sights.