Edinburgh

For the past 2 months, it has been busy for me. There a lot of issue in my work that I've spend most of the time updating my technical blog. Until now, I'm back to Malaysia and finally got a bit of time to update my personal blog.

I went to Edinburgh with my colleague on Boxing day (Day after Christmas) and it took almost 4 hours drive to get there from Harrogate. The first day we went around town just to check out the castle (which is not open), walk around the Royal Mile and some shopping area. The next day, we went into the castle and to the Holyrood park. On our way back to Harrogate, we stopped by Dirleton Castle before hitting the road again.

The whole trip seems rather short because the night fall around 3 pm and the temperature was cold. But one thing for sure, there are many castle around Edinburgh. If you like history and castle a lot, Edinburgh is one place that you shouldn't be missed. Furthermore, they offer the explorer pass that you can visit as many castle you want, which is value for money.

In short, Edinburgh is very nice place for travel but I think I only covered a small area. There are museum, exhibition, cultural and history tour that I didn't manage to get into. Not to mention, castles that may take weeks to discovery all of them.


Back view of Edinburgh Castle.


Front/Entrance view of Edinburgh Castle.


Canon view from the castle.


Holyrood park.


Edinburgh city view from Holyrood park. My favorite photo.


Inside Dirleton Castle.

My brother's convocation

Dear Bro,

Congratulation and we all really proud of you. :D

Yours Sincerely,

Ivan

Back to Manchester

Just happened that my colleague wanted to go to Manchester so I went along.

Start off from Victoria Bridge.

 

The town hall.

 

China Town.

An old bar in the middle

 

Finally, the Manchester Stadium.

UK - Birmingham

I believe there are more attraction in Birmingham but I still find the shopping area Bullring is where I will spend most of my time.


The Museum.


The statue on the wall.


Victoria Square.


My favorite photo. Near the entrance to a church.


The bull marks the shopping area. Won't be missed.


Birmingham landmark.

UK - Manchester

Although the return train ticket cost 17 pound, I went to Manchester anyway. I took the morning train from Harrogate, switched at Leeds station and arrived to Manchester after 2 hours.

One thing I don't really like about the train station is that the train schedule does not reflect much on the sign board. It all announced by the control center, which I find it hard to know what platform/train should I be waiting. Seems like people in UK prefer listening than reading.


Manchester train station.


Hilton Hotel. Tallest building in Manchester.


Inside Museum of Science and Industry.


Inside Aviation Museum.


The library.


City town hall.


One of my favorite photo. A statue beside the wall of the city town hall.