Edinburgh Travel Tips
How to get there, how to get around, where to find stuff and how to ask for it. These are tips from the local insider to make your stay here a breeze
Mushroom hunting in the Scottish countryside
I was quite surprised to learn that up until recently, magic mushrooms had been legal in the UK. Magic mushrooms are the name given for the collection of different fungi that are imbibed for by a user in order to have a psychedelic experience. As far as I know, magic mushrooms have been classified as dangerous (or class A) drugs in most Western countries (bar Holland of course) for some time. A self-professed “friend of the fungi”, I was happy to learn that there remain legal ways of sourcing and enjoying fresh local fungi. Like the …
Date: September 30th, 2006 |
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Acting the fool, taking the mickey and other forms of entertaining banter
I like taking the piss. I like it alot. I’m no sadist…if the person you’re taking the piss out of doesn’t actually know, it can’t be at their expense, right?
Date: September 29th, 2006 |
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Trainspotting and Trendsetting
Like any other metropolis, Edinburgh has its share of glitz and glamour, stoops and slums. The thing that has always intrigued me is the way that trend and fashion are often born in the precincts of the poor, only to be worn out by the machinations of popular culture and the lumbering action of the bandwagon. Edinburgh’s Leith district provides an illustration.
Date: September 26th, 2006 |
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Edinburgh for Dummies Volume 2: Beaches and Coastal Villages
Edinburgh is surrounded by some of the most peaceful beaches in Scotland. And you don’t have to travel far from the city before you can enjoy a fresh sea breeze!
Date: September 24th, 2006 |
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Ed’s Beds: Caledonian backpackers hostel review
I came across The Caledonian Backpacker’s Hostel via the hostel world website. The hostel was described as the “funkiest hostel in Edinburgh” and I was attracted by the prospect of good times, the opportunity to meet other festival goers and the hostel’s central location, within viewing distance of the Edinburgh castle. If by funky they mean brightly coloured walls then yes. Despite being packed to full capacity however, there was little of the live music, social vibe and friendliness the website promised. Only regular nightly wakings from returning festival goers reminded me that outside the hostel walls the …
Date: September 23rd, 2006 |
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Daily Dose 30.09
Edinburgh top UK city for lifestyle.
Edinburgh’s winter festivals are healthy earners, and apparently quite a good time also.
New gallery opening in the capital.
Fragmentary glimpses of Edinburgh
Date: September 30th, 2006 |
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Daily Dose 27.09
Cynical blog writer predicts death of Australian television icon will push up price of stingray fossil.
And is soon proven wrong…
Hogmanay tickets on sale.
Fringe reviews, German traveller style.
Edinburgh centre to trade stem cells.
Business leaders fight bill that would leave Edinburgh’s shops open only seven days a year. OK, maybe a slight exageration…but the shops close so early in Edinburgh! on’t take New Years from us pleeeease!
Date: September 27th, 2006 |
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Daily Dose 24.09
Who’s saying what, who, where, why and when.
Purge your angst at the state of Edinburgh’s traffic. Come on, venting makes you feel better.
Edinburgh surgeons pioneer the use of Botox to cure incontinence. I’m sure there’s a humourous one-liner there. Anyone?
Roll on: New skate park opens in Edinburgh.
Flying Rodent contemplates Edinburgh’s Polish ‘problem’.
Is that train ever going to come? Proposed Edinburgh airport rail link survives heated debate in Scottish parliament.
Leith set to become undisputed food capital of the Universe. Honest.
Date: September 24th, 2006 |
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Roots Manuva @ Cabaret Voltaire
I’ve been riding the rock-revival wave of late, but not wanting to ride the wave too far and get dumped headfirst on the shores of narrow-minded musicality, I was looking forward to seeing a bit of hip hop in one of my favourite venues in Edinburgh, the Cabaret Voltaire.
Date: September 23rd, 2006 |
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Review: The Black Seeds @ The Liquid Room 19.09
Being from downunder myself, I have been waiting with baited breath for the performance of one of New Zealand’s premiere dub/reggae/funk bands, the mighty, mighty black seeds. The seeds did not dissapoint, rocking a crowd of about 150 eager punters at the Liquid room, located on Victoria street just down the hill from the Royal Mile. The seeds played from a set of about 15 tunes; the number of hits laced throughout providing evidence to explain the band’s phenomenal success in the Antipodes. Catering for the late night crowd, several of the band’s funkier numbers were given the full treatment …
Date: September 20th, 2006 |
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