Visiting Scotland

Moggy wrote:

shy guy 64 wrote:

Dowbocop wrote:I would say go on November 30th for St Andrew's Day but it was
actually pretty subdued when I was there in 2013 - I didn't even realise until I saw a building on the Royal Mile lit with a Saltire

that's cause we don't actually celebrate it

That can't be true because every St George's Day all we hear in England are racists telling us how everyone else celebrates their patron saint's day.

shy guy 64 wrote:

Moggy wrote:

shy guy 64 wrote:

Dowbocop wrote:I would say go on November 30th for St Andrew's Day but it was
actually pretty subdued when I was there in 2013 - I didn't even realise until I saw a building on the Royal Mile lit with a Saltire

that's cause we don't actually celebrate it

That can't be true because every St George's Day all we hear in England are racists telling us how everyone else celebrates their patron saint's day.

and you think they'd actually know what we do?

Octoroc wrote:If you want to go to a Christmas market, why don't you go to Germany?

Dowbocop wrote:I would say go on November 30th for St Andrew's Day but it was
actually pretty subdued when I was there in 2013 - I didn't even realise until I saw a building on the Royal Mile lit with a Saltire

I've been to Edinburgh twice and also Fort William to climb Ben Nevis. The first time we went I proposed to my wife so it's got a special place in our hearts and it's a beautiful city. We didn't get over to Glasgow as it was a surprisingly long train journey if I recall. We stayed for the first night in a fancy hotel on the Royal Mile and then decamped to Port Seton which is a few miles out (my wife rented a car to go up the Golf Coast at least one of the times but Prestonpans station is 1.3 miles away according to Wikipedia and will take you into Edinburgh). We had a really nice little cottage which was looking out onto the sea when there was a crazy storm going on - was amazing!

Whereabouts do you live? That would obviously affect transport routes.

Super Dragon 64 wrote:Thank you everyone for the replies We'll have a look through to suggestions and work out an itinerary for the trip. I think we'll lean more towards Edinburgh just because of the number of things to do and therefore more chance to distract/entertain/preoccupy the toddler

Octoroc wrote:If you want to go to a Christmas market, why don't you go to Germany?

We've both wanted to visit Scotland and thought that the flight time would be shorter so more manageable with a toddler. It looks like flights to Berlin are only about 30 minutes longer so we might go there next year.

Dowbocop wrote:I would say go on November 30th for St Andrew's Day but it was
actually pretty subdued when I was there in 2013 - I didn't even realise until I saw a building on the Royal Mile lit with a Saltire

I've been to Edinburgh twice and also Fort William to climb Ben Nevis. The first time we went I proposed to my wife so it's got a special place in our hearts and it's a beautiful city. We didn't get over to Glasgow as it was a surprisingly long train journey if I recall. We stayed for the first night in a fancy hotel on the Royal Mile and then decamped to Port Seton which is a few miles out (my wife rented a car to go up the Golf Coast at least one of the times but Prestonpans station is 1.3 miles away according to Wikipedia and will take you into Edinburgh). We had a really nice little cottage which was looking out onto the sea when there was a crazy storm going on - was amazing!

Whereabouts do you live? That would obviously affect transport routes.

We're in Hertfordshire so are looking to fly to Scotland. We were thinking of flying to Edinburgh and taking the train to Glasgow (or vice versa) but we may just stick with one city if it's too long a journey (we ruled out the train to Aberdeen for this reason).