Edinburgh : Capital City of Scotland!!

There is no use in going to Scotland and not visiting Edinburgh (Ed-in-bra), Capital city of Scotland.. So I was there for one day.. Starting from Glasgow it was raining a lot.. I was bit sad and I thought that there will not be raining in Edinburgh.. ..( Very bad judgement!!!) ..

It was heavily raining there worse than Galsgow and it was so cold.. Clouds passing me.. They said typical Scotland weather... Ha ha ha... I was not prepared for this weather.. Completely wet.. with no proper shoe I was freezing.. I decided to buy socks but no use.. I needed to buy new shoe.. Ha ha ha.. Then I decided to buy jacket just to bear a cold.. and I did..

So you don't see good photos from here with this foggy weather..

I went inside the church to make me warm..
And I found that is worth it so see..

Also visited weaving mill just to warm me up...

and some monuments from Edinburgh.. I will visit again for sure and I will show you good pictures..( Condition : If the weather helps me.. )

Okay.. I want to give you some informations about the Capital city of Scotland..

It is the Second most visited tourist destination in the United Kingdom, after London..
&
Edinburgh was voted the "most desirable city in which to live in UK"
(Imagine even with his weather : It is a summer in fact!!!)

Edinburgh Castle!!!

I am glad to say that I had a good company of clouds all day.. You can see it clearly...

Not only me, lot of people had clouds company.. 12 noon : Changing guards..

Jail in Castle: I felt very strange that they played the recorded voice of people talking and snoring made us to have a real effect.. .. I even felt that some one is inside in this hanging bed.. My god.. Some time it is good to know that how people were really suffered...

I guess we are lucky enough!!!

Okay.. I wish to end up with some bagpipes.. They were so happy to play even with this cold weather.. As a Scottish for them it must be okay.. Since it is summer for them...

Best Divorce Letter!!

Just to give you some break from my Academic trip.. Ha ha ha...
Have fun!!!!

Best Divorce Letter!!!

Dear hubby,

I’m writing you this letter to tell you that I’m leaving you forever.. I’ve
been a good woman to you for 7 years & I have nothing to show for it.

These last 2 weeks have been hell..

Your boss called to tell me that you quit your job today & that was the
last straw. Last week, you came home & didn’t even notice I had a new haircut,
had cooked your favorite meal & even wore a brand new pair of silk dress.
You ate in 2 minutes, & went straight to sleep after watching all of your
games. You don’t tell me you love me anymore; you don’t want anything
that connects us as husband & wife. Either you are cheating on me or you
don’t love me anymore; whatever the case, I’m gone.

Your EX-Wife

P.S. Don’t try to find me. Your BROTHER & I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life!

_________________________________________

FOLLOWING IS THE RESPONSE FROM THE HUSBAND

Dear Ex-Wife

Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter.

It’s true you & I have been married for 7 years, although a good woman is a
far cry from what you’ve been. I watch my games so much because they drown
out your constant whining & gripe Too bad that doesn’t work. I DID notice
when you got a hair cut last week, but the 1st thing that came to mind was
‘You look just like a boy!’ Since my mother raised me not to say anything
if you can’t say something nice, I didn’t comment. And when you cooked my
favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY BROTHER, because I
stopped eating pork 7 years ago.. About those new silk dress: I turned away
from you because the $49.99 price tag was still on them, & I prayed it was
a coincidence that my brother had just borrowed $50 from
me that morning.

After all of this, I still loved you & felt we could work it out.. So when I
hit the lotto for 10 million dollars, I quit my job & bought us 2 tickets
to Jamaica But when I got home you were gone. Everything happens for a
reason, I guess.

I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. My lawyer said that
the letter you wrote ensures you won’t get a dime from me.

So take care.

Signed,
Your Ex-Husband, Rich As Hell & Free!

P.S. I don’t know if I ever told you this, but my brother Carl was born as Carla(woman) ……… .I hope that’s not a problem

Callander - National Park!!!

After a Braveheart tour I had enough time to go and visit Loch -Ness.. That was my next target place.. I enquired from the Stirling Tourism about the Loch -Ness Boat trip .. She suggested me to go to Callander and find access to reach Loch-Ness.. So I was in Callander to reach the National Park in Loch-Ness...

Tourism Office in Callandar...

When I was collecting information to reach the Loch -Ness her answer was surprising me.. She said it is just 10 miles from here.. There is no public transportation for now .. But if you request before 24 hours we arrange for it.. Come on .. This is unbelievable.. Do you believe in this??? very impressive.. I never heard before..

I was bit upset and I cant walk 10 miles .. Ha ha ha.. even I could walk I wouldn't be reaching the park at right time to have a boat trip.. So I convinced myself, will come back again and see the beauty of Trossachs . Loch-Lomond etc.. for more days.. ha ha ha.. this is me.. I bought one post card of Trossachs.. That made me happy.. Ha ha ha..

And woman even gave me contact numbers and website details to book the public transportation ... This is again an information for you.. Those who wants to use public transportation.. Not the one who have car and know driving..

I found that Callander is a good place to relax.. That was necessary for me at that time.. Had small national park.. beautiful location around.. . So I wanted to enjoy myself.. and I did ..

I was relaxing myself in Callander and returned to Galsgow at night .. while travelling to Glasgow I was thinking about my next journey back to Glasgow..

Ha ha ha..

Stirling - The Braveheart Tour!!!!

First city I decided to visit near Glasgow is Stirling. As a morning person I got ready very early to see the beauty of Scotland.....

Bus Station Clock in Glasgow..

I got a bus and ticket with a return journey (considerably cheap)...

I just enjoyed the beautiful landscapes on the way to Stirling...

So welcome to Stirling.. hmmmm.. The weather was so good... cold breeze with sun.. Sounded perfect to roam..

I got the information from the tourism office and started walking towards castle.. From the map you can clearly see that it is very easy to cover the historical part.. Almost all places concentrated on one rock surrounded with Town wall..

I was climbing hill.. I was really alone.. Passing by Cemetery for few minutes.. Graveyards made me sooooo scary .. .. I prayed god to send me some company .. and immediate next request was not the company of ghost.. Ha ha ha.. I started laughing myself and reached the castle parking place and enjoyed the great view of Stirling..

On the way to caslte..

Here I am in Castle.. Good to see some people.. Ha ha ha...

So beautiful place.. So peaceful.. So calm.. Fresh air.. Gentle Sun... Hmmm.. I even thought of what else I want more in this life????..

Okay.. No philosophy.. Lets go and see the castle of Braveheart person.... Sounds too warrior .. Right???..

I found this statement in a museum.. I just loved it..
"A warrior is a majestic creature. His job can be violent and bloody, but he always looks impressive"

What do you think???? For me they have a backbone to face the issue.. Real warriors never hide themselves..This is my opinion.. and they are very impressive of course ..

Okay welcome again to Stirling Caslte..

Stirling Castle is perched high upon its rock, and is undoubtedly one of the most splendid castles in Scotland. For centuries the nation's kings and queens delighted in its fabulous location and used it as a meeting place for the royal court. Unlike many of the other castles we have seen, Stirling has been restored to what it would have been like in the 1500's so you get a real sense of what it must have been like to live back then...

When I was entering the castle the girl said to me do not miss the guide tour.. It starts in ten minutes and worth attending.... Of course.. Why not?? then I found so interesting guy.. His name is Charles (Guide)..

Here he is.. He was amazing .. He has chosen his right job.. My god.. He was so cool and so excited and He let us feel the battle field just by his beautiful words.. I cant forget this guy in my life.. If he was my history teacher there were no worries failing in all my history exams .... I was so poor in history in my school days.. even now.. Ha ha ha...

Okay.. We see Some photos from castle...



No wonder to see Bagpipes ...
On the way back to bus station..

Could you guess what is this place ???? Okay.. Let me tell you.. It is a Youth hostel now.. It is an information for you.. May help you in near future..

Last but not least ...Patriot and National Hero of Scotland : William Wallace .. MONUMENT...

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic drama film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace. Gibson portrays William Wallace, a Scottish warrior who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the First War of Scottish Independence by opposing King Edward I of England, also known as "Longshanks"..

So you know why I said Braveheart tour.. Now I have to look again Braveheart film.. Because of William Wallace and Mel Gibson.. Ha ha ha..


See you very soon ...
Have a good day ahead
beijinhos

Academic trip to Glasgow - Scotland!!

Sounds great Right???

I went to attend a conference in Glasgow for a week .. So being a (good) student (you believe that right???) my first post comes to you from conference..

It was the place where they conducted a conference .. SECC (Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre) .. 1500 delegates.. Many big shots (I mean scientists) .. It was my first experience to attend such a huge international conference in Europe.. That was so exciting!!!

Being honest (very secret.. okay???) I was in conference just one day .. That was about my work.. So, as I mentioned previously being a good student I shouldn't miss this.. Good that Sun Wei also attended just one day.. .. I am happy to see him there..

After attending some lectures, in a break we just decided to take some pictures ..
Here we go..

Proof of attendance.. Ha ha ha..

Group photo ... (I am not surprised to see lot of Indians there)...Comes the very lucky part.. While registering for this conference they arranged the Banquet dinner for the delegates.. I saw, it was 65 pounds.. Too much for the dinner.. I would rather see many cities with this money.. Ha ha ha.. there you go.. Porkodi's mind set...

Sun Wei and Mahadev were already registered for it.. Rich guys .. You see what happened.. My current boss (Proud to announce that he was a chair person) was asking us about our plan at the evening after the meetings.. Sun wei and Mahadev said they are going for Dinner.. Boerje said he is going out with his friends and he could not join there for the dinner.. Here I should appreciate Sun Wei.. He asked Boerje to offer his Banquet dinner to me.. Ha ha ha.. I wasn't thinking like this.. Yes of course Boerje said please collect the ticket for her.. Ha ha ha.. We asked the organising people to give Boerje's ticket for us.. (of course for me).. I should appreciate Boerje that even he was so busy with his friends he was searching for us and confirmed that I got the ticket .. He confirmed with me many times did I get that for free.. Ha ha ha.. I never saw him like so concerned before.. Very interesting..Good for me.. So with this big story we move on to the dinner..

You know, they arranged dinner in a Museum.. That was a great idea..Right?????
for 500 people..

Kelvingrove Museum.. where we had our dinner..

We were welcomed to enter the museum with the bagpipes of Scotland!!!! Hmmmm..
and
We were served with some drink and we spent some time in roaming around the museum ...

Then comes our dinner tables... What can I say about this???? Okay.. Thanks to Boerje.. (Some time I Should pretend being good person.. ha ha ha)

After looking this we felt so hungry.. We were waiting for more surprises..

Our dinner table....
So we had our own menu card ...

The girl who took car about our table was great.. Always smiling and very pleasing..

The food was served exactly as described in the menu card..

In fact I never had such a Royal treatment !!!!

Our starter... Salmon fish...I do not have any idea where did they find this .. So soft..

After we had our main food.. we were so full.. And we found in the menu card still we need to eat a lot of food.. Mahadev was insisting me to eat lot .. Asked me not to waste Boerje'e money.. ha ha ha.. Very caring about his boss.. (Ha ha ha)..

When we checked the next item, we found that we are going to receive basket of cherries.. Me and Mahadev was discussing how would we manage to eat basket of cherries.. Ha ha ha.. Then came our dessert .. Basket of Cherries.. Ha ha ha..

We could not stop laughing.. This was the basket of cherries.... Very funny.. In fact we were definetley ready to eat more baskets..(ha ha ha)

Okay.. That is it.. We all had good meetings with our MIP community people and had lot of fun in dinner..

Here I should say many many thanks for my bosses, Manel (One who choose this great place) and Boerje (you know why???)

I should thank Mahadev and Sunwei for their great company too..

Okay.. I stop here about my conference..

and get ready for the upcoming posts .. (Many okay???? no surprise right??)

Até Breve!!!!