| Page Views: 2,268 Last Visit to Edinburgh: - I Used To Live Here | Embra - Scotlands Capital City by clivedinburgh - last update: Jun 25, 2008 |
| Princes St and beyond from atop Calton Hill |
Life as a tourist. As with most travellers I've always been to the touristy places when visiting somewhere but it seems a bit odd in your home town. Thanks to some impetus from VT I did make some effort to see more of the city (from the top of Arthurs Seat to the depths of Mary Kings Close). I have learned so much about Edinburgh whilst researching these pages and I hope you bear with some of my more historical ramblings. Also note that many people visiting Edinburgh will stay in Leith so check out my pages for there too. |
| Statue to the brewing industry in Dalry Road |
Smell the air in Auld Reekie Most people love the smell of Edinburgh, I always take a big lungfull whenever I return and it's a great feeling. The smell is derived from the processes taking place in the ever diminishing breweries that are dotted around the city. I'm sure that the local council will attempt to re-produce this smell if the breweries disappear altogether. Latest to go was the Fountainbridge Brewery in Jan 2006 to end nearly 150 years on this site. Caledonian are the only large brewer now left in the city. See their explanation of why our beers are called 70' or 80' (shilling). Because of this the city is known as Auld Reekie (old smelly as a rough translation). |
| Night out in PoNaNas quite a few years ago |
Nights on the town I've a silly amount of bars on these pages now and shall attempt to keep them up to date which is a bit difficult since I'm now living over the bridges in Fife. Read the things to do tips for proposed routes then the nightlife tips for a more indepth take on the venues. By the way, lots of bars & clubs in Edinburgh are in basements or buildings with very thick walls which usually means you cannot get a phone signal inside therefore you get lots of folk standing in the cold. These will now be joined by the smokers following a ban on smoking in enclosed spaces in Scotland. |
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| Pros: | "Plenty to be getting on with" | | Cons: | "Never enough time" | | In A Nutshell: | "Best place tae live in aw the wurld" |
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wise23girl Mon Jul 27, 2009 07:40 UTC
I can understand how it must feel for all to be labelled UK. A lot of history lost in a label. Marg | BlueBeth Fri Mar 9, 2007 14:59 UTC
Really helpful pages Clive. I'm going to Edinburgh in a couple of weeks and can't wait to try out some of these bars! Thanks, Beth :-) | flyingscot4 Tue Feb 13, 2007 22:20 UTC
Great stuff, Clive. I have just started you pages and a couple of others. I can hardly wait to get back to Edinburgh next spring or fall. It is my favorite city in the world. | hunterV Tue Jul 4, 2006 05:42 UTC
Very impressive! I wish I could go there too! |
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