This day, I did a day tour around the Fife region just north of Edinburgh, the main part of which was St. Andrews. The first stop was the Forth Bridges, which comprise a road bridge and a train bridge. The bridges cross the Firth of Forth and the train bridge was an ambitious engineering project at the time it was built. We made our way to the town of Anstruther on the east coast, a quaint Scottish town with some views out to the North Sea. We then made our wa...

This morning, I walked through Princes Street Gardens and got a great view of Edinburgh Castle as it was a beautiful morning. I then made my way down to the harbour to see the Royal Yacht Britannia. The self-guided audio tour gives commentary on the various sections of the ship and gives details of the ships history up to its decommissioning in 1997. Overall, the tour was thorough and it was neat to look through the various rooms on the vessel. I then took the b...

Early this morning, I went to Stockholm Arlanda Airport to catch my flight to Edinburgh, Scotland. After clearing customs and dropping my baggage off at the hotel, I decided to take a stroll through the city. I started by walking up to Edinburgh New Town and going through Princes Street Gardens. I found Edinburgh quite a neat city. Edinburgh New Town is on the north side and Edinburgh Old Town is on the south side. In between the Old Town and New Town is a gulle...