Edinburgh Festival Carnival 2013, Scotland

Today I had a chance to participate in the Edinburgh Festival Carnival, which is a part of the Edinburgh Jazz Festival. It is a free event during which performers from around the world show their artistic talents in a parade on Princes Street and then in the Princes Street Gardens. 

Princes Street as well as Princes Street Gardens were packed with people who were impressed with the costumes and performances. 

Besides, the weather was fantastic again and we still have real summer here so I don't think that there was a better place than Edinburgh to spend Sunday today.

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Stratford-Upon-Avon, England

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Stratford-Upon-Avon, located in Warwickshire on the River Avon, is famous for William Shakespeare. The house he was born and spent his early childhood, which is a museum now,  is still located in Henley Street. 

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Henley Street

The Christmas Shop situated opposite the Shakespeare's Birthplace

New Place is the name of the last Shakespere's residence where he died. However, the house does not exist any longer as it was demolished in 1759. 

Shakespeare was baptised and buried in Holy Trinity Church. 

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The town is also famous for theatres like the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Swan Theatre. 

I simply love Stratford-Upon-Avon. It has got a great ambience and there is something special about the place. It is definitely my favourite place in the United Kingdom. I fell in love with this place from the first moment I went there. I always enjoyed being in Stratford, buying coffee at Starbucks and going to the river Avon to sit, watch the swans and relax.  Stratford-Upon-Avon has got a special place in my heart as I have got a lot of wonderful memories connected with the town.

I think that my favourite place in Stratford-upon-Avon is the river Avon with its pretty surroundings including boats, swans, monuments of Hamlet or Lady Macbeth and a bridge. There is no better place to rest or walk.

Swans on the Avon River

Christmas in Stratford

Another attraction in the town is the Stratford Butterfly Farm. 

The Butterfly Farm

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Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

As a result of a good weather which finally appeared in Edinburgh, I went to the Royal Botanic Garden last week. 

The Garden is located not far away from the city centre and can be easily reached by car, bus or on foot. It stretches for 70 acres, which to be honest does not tell me too much, but in other words it is big. 

You can admire there many different kinds of plants, trees, shrubs or flowers from around the world. It is believed that the Botanic Garden has got the biggest collection of Chinese plants outside China.

Admission to the Garden is free of charge. However, you have to pay for entering the glasshouse. 

In 2006 the queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, opened the Queen Mother's Memorial Garden. In four corners of the garden there are plants from Europe, Asia, North America and the southern hemisphere. There is also a pavilion, whose walls are covered with shells and the ceiling is covered with cones.

In the Botanic Garden you can not only become familiar with plants from different countries, but you can also walk, sit on a bench or grass and relax. 

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From England to Scotland

I would like to show some photos which I took last December when I was coming back from England to Edinburgh. 

There are some photos taken at my favourite service called Annandale Water Motorway Service in Johnstonebridge on the way from Carlise to Glasgow. Every time we travel on the route we try to stop there to have a short break. I think that we are fond of this place because we stopped there the first time we were travelling to Scotland and it is a really beautiful place. At the back of the building there is such a pretty place to walk and relax.

British motorways are really good and I like them. My favourite activity in the car is taking photos even though the majority of them are usually deleted later, but I cannot resist taking pictures when there are beautiful landscapes all around and a good light. Last year when we were travelling there were first signs of winter and snow.

Although Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, there is no direct motorway from England to Scottish capital. Of course you can take motorway and go to Glasgow and then to Edinburgh, but there is a shorter way to reach Edinburgh by taking road  A702. The road is picturesque, the landscapes amazing, but at the same time the road is narrow and winding. British drivers have no idea how to overtake cars and maybe it is even better they do not try to do it too often on that road because it never looks safe when they do it. 

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