30 April 2008

Stone walls


seem to cause trouble for cell phones here. Signal quality varies a lot, within very short distances.

Me


After viewer storms, we proudly present: ME. At the Oz. From Aussie as in Australian. Tom felt like coming home

The Castle


You can see it frm about anywhere in Edinburgh, and this is quite a good view of it.

English breakfast


This is one of the things I love most about Britain. The absolutely over the top breakfast. Probably because a trip here involves drinking, and there's nothing like this after some heavy drinking the night before

29 April 2008

Rose street


After a tip from our excellent Rabbie's guide, we went to Rose street. Lots of pubs and restaurants and small shops. Just north of Princess street it's not hard to find either

Malt vinegar


The Scots are, even more than other Brits, suckers for deep fried food. And accompanied by: Malt vinegar. After trying it out I have to agree. It certainly adds to a dish of fried food, like the all present Fish'n chips.

A rainy hike


What probably was supposed to be a nice hike through some beautiful scenery, turned into a VERY WET walk. It was raining cats and dogs, and then some. To add to the misery; it started raining as we left the bus, and stopped as soon as we came back

The Famous Grouse experience


This actually takes place at the Glenturret Distillery in Crieff outside Edinburgh. A rather small still, wich gave us a good insight in the prosess of making malt whisky. The tasting after the tour was of course the highlight.
Cheers mate

Rabbie's trail burners


On a guided trip in the scottish countryside today. With an excellent guide, it was quite an entertaining and educational experience.

28 April 2008

Guildford Arms


This was really what I would come to expect from a place that calls itself a pub. And a great assortment of beer as well. Only downside is the closing time, wich is just as traditional as the rest, 11 o'clock. Good night.

The Scottish Parliament Building


This building is, acording to my guidebook, a scandal. Costing 10 times that of the original budget of 40 000£. That is abot the same as our own new opera house, wich leads me to believe the budget was a result of typical brittish understatement.

Haggis


Yes. It's time to find out what this is all about. The subject of so many jokes. Actually... 
it's very good, I liked it a lot. Thank you

A tasting experiense


Here we are, with 4 different single malts. Ahh, life is good

The Castle


No trip to Edinburgh without visiting the Castle rock

Early lunch


We decided on the brittish consept of; no alcohol before lunch. The answer, of course, is early lunch

At the pub


After the "scary" experience, we needed a beer.

27 April 2008

City of the dead


Our excellent guide on our tour experiencing the dark chapters of Scottish history.

Haunted trip



A piper


We're in Scotland, for crying out loud

The tourist


Need I say more

Railway station


There is just something about them

The Whisky Bar


We are in heaven

Our hotel


Looks really old, but is modern on the inside.
We first got a room with just one double bed. For obvious reasons we didn't want that.

We are off


Next stop, Edinburgh

20 April 2008

Freight train


I saw this train on a trip yesterday. Just had to catch the colors and the lines.

11 April 2008

Life is good

This is what it's all about. A moment...
To spesify, coffee, cigar, whiskey and a forest lake. The children making lots of noise in the background wasn't that annoying, actually

10 April 2008

Change of consept

I'm going to make some changes here. I'm not writing very much as it is, but hope to change that, as I have told myself many times before.

Pictures

I'm gonna use this place to post pictures from my cell phone and from my new digital camera, a Pentax K10D.

My life

Then some from my life as a

  • gamer
  • lecturer on children and modern media
  • student, I'm taking a year off from school to study
  • photographer for real estate

and just some of my really biased opinions

on life, computers, gaming and photography