New Calton Cemetery offers wonderful views in Edinburgh of the old town, the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood Palace and Arthur’s Seat. It is located just off Regent Road which can be reached if you keep walking straight at the St James Centre end of Princes Street. The Scottish Parliament is the modern building at the rear [...]
The “Stones of Scotland” is a circle of 32 pieces of rock in Regent Road Park in Edinburgh. There is a rock from each of the local authority areas in Scotland. The sculptural installation is by George Wylie and is intended to mark the spirit of the Scotland’s new parliament. The Stones of Scotland Click [...]
I live in Berwick upon Tweed in the county of Northumberland, in the north east of England, three miles from the border with Scotland. Now I have to admit some bias, as I am Scottish but I am amazed at the difference between the signage on entering Scotland and England. As you head north on [...]
Easyjet is starting to charge passengers for all checked in hold luggage for flights booked from 3 August 2007 with departures from 1 October 2007. The charge is £2 for online check in and £5 at the airport with a weight limit of 20 kgs per bag. Passengers may take one bag measuring 55 x [...]
Easyjet is adding four new routes from Belfast this Autumn, Prague, Barcelona, Gdansk and Venice. Great news for travellers from Northern Ireland. I know myself having always lived near smaller regional airports that more direct flights open up a number of possibilities with shorter travel times and less hassle and hanging around. [tag]Easyjet, Belfast[/tags]
Which? Magazine has named the UKs top ten paid for attractions in terms of quality and value for money. Here are the top five: 1 Hampton Court 2 Chatsworth House 3 Edinburgh Castle 4 Tower of London 5 Windsor Castle I’ve visited all of these, except Chatsworth House and I did enjoy Hampton Court best. [...]
I’ve just discovered widgets and have been experimenting with them on the sidebar on my other blog Business Blog Boost. I thought that having a Flickr “badge” displaying a random selection of my photos at the bottom of the homepage of Europe a la Carte would be a good idea. It would make the homepage [...]
Easyjet are starting additional routes from Scotland this Autumn. Flights from Edinburgh to Paris CDG start on September 10 and Glasgow to Paris CDG will commence on October 29. Flights from Edinburgh to Krakow start on October 29 and to Gdansk on October 30.
