{"id":379,"date":"2018-08-12T18:22:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T18:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrisinfo.org\/?p=379"},"modified":"2018-08-12T18:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T18:22:45","slug":"edinburgh-and-queensferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrisinfo.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/12\/edinburgh-and-queensferry\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh and Queensferry"},"content":{"rendered":"

We dropped anchor at 8.30 am in the Firth of Forth right near the amazing bridges that are clear landmarks in this area.<\/p>\n

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Edinburgh Bridges 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Edinburgh Bridges 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We met the bridge group at 10.30 to catch the tender boat over to Queensferry, then catch the X99 bus into Edinburgh (6 pounds return). The plan was to do the hop on hop off bus and visit Edinburgh Castle.<\/p>\n

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The bus let us off at St Andrews Square and we walked down to the Hop on Hop off bus stop adjacent to the Waverley train station ( about 4 blocks).<\/p>\n

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Edinburgh Waverley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We were all given a 2 day bus pass as the ship is staying overnight for people to attend the Military Tattoo.<\/p>\n

The stop for the castle was Number 10, but we decided not to get off and walk to the castle as it was very crowded. The Edinburgh Festival , The Fringe Festival and The Military Tattoo are all on at the same time so the streets are quite busy. We did the full lap on the bus. When it stopped, the tour guide changed and as we started our second loop I was delighted to find the commentary quite different so it was not boring going around twice.<\/p>\n

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Edinburgh Shops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Edinburgh Queen’s Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Edinburgh Taxies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When we got to Stop 10 the second time we got off to find some lunch. This was right near the Fringe Festival at the top of the Royal Mile so there were a few street performances.<\/p>\n