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American here heading over the Atlantic to tour London and Edinburgh for a few days. I like taking in the culture, food, and history of places I visit. Any recommendations of where to go and what to see?
>> Anonymous
Visit London! See The Chav!
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London looks great in that picture. Most of London doesn't look very good though. If you want a beautiful city then Edinburgh it the place you want to be. Pic related.
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>>1437

Looks like something out of Final Fantasy. Here's another pic.
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Beautiful Edinburgh panorama...
>> Anonymous
Taking in the food?

I wouldn't advise it, even us natives hate it.
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>>1459

Yeah. We're good on history, not so good on food. It tends to be the older generations who eat traditional English cuisine: toad in the hole, Yorkshire puddings etc. Younger generations tend to go Italian or Indian, and often Chinese.
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>>1457
What area of the city is that?
>> Kea !!CHmf5a0SOjM
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>>1517
Not the poster, but that looks like the view from Calton Hill, which is definitely the place to go for great panoramas. Here's one of my own, looking just past the left edge of the panorama. In it you can see Holyrood Palace, which is the Queen's summer residence - worth a look if only for the wickedly cool and creepy abbey ruins.

In addition to Holyrood Palace, you must definitely see Edinburgh Castle, take a walk down the Royal Mile, the National Museum(s) of Scotland are well worth a peek, and a ghost walk (I recommend Mercat tours) is a great way to finish off an evening, or as a precursor to having a few pints down the pub.
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>>1517

1534 is right, it's taken from Calton Hill. It shows the Old Town and Southside.
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>>1534

Nice pic. This is why I prefer Edinburgh over London. It retains an old fashioned British rurual feel.
>> ManTis !!JFyHgFiY3uY
Edinburgh was the my favourite city I've ever been to. It topped Prague in my books, which I thought was the most beautiful european capitol.

Walking along South Bridge and realising that there is a city level below is amazing experience. Arthur's Seat in summer? Amazing for both lone trips and trips with people. I recommend staying in hostels directly on Royal Mile (forgot the name, but it's one street due east of North/South Bridge and Royal Mile crossroad). They are both cheap and comfy if you're used to hostels. They also have great tour guides going out couple times a week, and will tell/show you INCREDIBLE stuff, like place where they hanged witches - with shells in walls, so witches that are affraid of all street watery, can't escape.

And pubs are absolutely incredible.

Visit castle and stroll in garden. Holyrood and seaside quarter are obligatory too. Eat a haggis, they're actually pretty good.

I hope this will show how much I liked Edinburgh: One month after a week long visit in Edinburgh I moved there for 2 years.
>> ManTis !!JFyHgFiY3uY
Oh right, and if you are a drinker type, visit brewery pubs.

And drink Deuchars IPA beer. For me, used to lager/pils mainland european, it was something totally new and WEIRD in taste. After first sip I was 'whutthehell'. Then, with each next sip I took more and more into it. At the end of a pint I was totally in love with it.
>> Anonymous
Avoid the O2 building and Westmnster abbey (not that great, you have to pay) you can laugh at the peace protesters outside the parliament building which is a short walk from trafalgar Sqaure, which isa short walk from leicester square, buy a Cheap daypass for the underground and you wont even have to take the short walk.
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The O2 building is awful, they need to take it down, quick. Just looks unfinished. The spires look like cranes, and the dome itself looks like a massive builder's tarpolin. It makes London look like crap.
>> Anonymous
Dr. Lucien Sanchez: Have you ever been to Scotland Dag?
Dr. Rick Dagless: Once.
Dr. Lucien Sanchez: What was it like?
Dr. Rick Dagless: I remember it much as one recalls a dream… or a nightmare. I was on a budget flight to Norway, when a storm hit and forced us to ditch in Glasgow Prestwick. I was stranded, and it’s so hilly up there you can’t get any signal on your car phone. It looked bad…it looked like I was going to have to spend the night in Glasgow.
Dr. Lucien Sanchez: Jesus Christ.