Tag Archives: Scotland

Rabbie’s Edinburgh City Tour

Rabbies Edinburgh City Tour

After attending the recent Travel Massive event in Edinburgh, I realized there were so many opportunities to easily check out more of Edinburgh than I knew existed. First, I heard about Invisible Edinburgh and took the first tour available with them. Next, I was introduced to Rabbie’s Edinburgh City Tour. I knew Rabbie’s offered tours […]

Invisible Edinburgh Powerful Women Tour

Edinburgh tours and tour guides

By far one of the most interesting and admirable projects I’ve come across lately has to be Invisible Edinburgh. This social enterprise (read: What is a Social Enterprise and How Can I Get Involved?) offers training to individuals coming from homelessness so they can become walking tour guides.  Taking the Invisible Edinburgh Powerful Women tour […]

Benefits of the Two-Together Railcard in the UK

Dean Village in Edinburgh with colorful buildings lining the small riverbanks

The Two-Together Railcard is a great way to save money on your train travels in the UK. While you have to pay to get the card, you can generally save if you take more than one rail journey. If you’re planning to travel by train while visiting or residing in the UK, you should seriously […]

New Expat Home in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street

We’ve been living in Scotland since last October, but we’ve finally made the move into Edinburgh! Our new flat (see how Scottish I am now?) offers me the chance to more easily explore my new expat home. From here, I can wander this gorgeous city by foot or public transport, and I can easily head […]

US Citizen Married in Scotland

Carolyn Henry Photography Edinburgh Scotland wedding family photography

Having just gone through this process myself, I thought it only appropriate I pass along my newfound knowledge as a US citizen married in Scotland. I was married in Scotland and the rules do differ slightly for the rest of the UK. However, this is at least the basic outline of steps you could expect everywhere. […]

And Then We Got Married

Carolyn Henry Photography Edinburgh Scotland wedding family photography

What a whirlwind we’ve had over the past six months! In August 2015, we got engaged and moved away from our island home in Roatan. We spent two months in Massachusetts with my family, followed by two months in Scotland with his parents. THEN we signed a lease for an apartment outside of Edinburgh. And […]

I Speak American, You Speak Scottish

The brightly painted Ross Fountain below Edinburgh Castle

Oh, you thought moving from the U.S. to Scotland meant you didn’t have to worry about learning a new language? That’s cute. Because the truth is, you speak American, just like me. American is not English, and neither is Scottish. Having visited Scotland twice before moving here, of course I realized there were certain little […]

Edinburgh 101: Learning my new city

Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street

Having already visited Scotland twice in as many years, I’ve spent enough time in Edinburgh to have a vague map of the city in mind. I knew that old town and new town combined into a still fairly small city – the mostly residential areas notwithstanding. I also knew how to get into and around […]