Nathan's Insights
World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

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Tuesday 15 February 2000 Highlights: Ferry crossing to Northern Ireland. After very little sleep we started our second last long travel day. The American in our room was sick and coughing and an Asian kept talking in his sleep so I only got 2 hours sleep. We caught the 9.30 am train to Glasgow and…
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Monday 14 February 2000 Highlights: Stirling Castle After a small breakfast we headed for Stirling Castle. Today we had fairly constant drizzle and at times amazingly thick fog.
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Sunday 13 February 2000 Highlights: Royal Mile, Palace of Holyroodhouse, St Giles Cathedral We sent today walking the Royal Mile. A road connecting Edinburgh Castle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Most of the attractions were shut until 2 pm as it was Sunday or we were not interested in the ones that were. However we…
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Saturday 12 February 2000 Highlights: St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews Golf Course We decided on a day trip to St Andrews. This meant a train trip to Leuchars and than a bus to St Andrews, total travelling time around 1.5 hours. A real highlight was St Andrews Cathedral built in 1160 it was basically destroyed…
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Friday 11 February 2000 Highlights: Edinburgh Castle, Scottish Crown Jewels, Underground vaults We got into Edinburgh just before 12 noon and managed to find a reasonable hostel that wasn’t on our map. Today we visited Edinburgh Castle, one time residence of the Scottish Kings and almost always a Royal Stronghold. The Castle is situated on…