Carlton Hill is a hill in the east of New Town where are monuments and from you can see wonderful views of Edinburgh. Unfortunately we couldn't see all of them.
SONGS: Today, Loreena McKennitt a Canadian singer who performes world music.
The first song is "The Mummers' dance" from her album "The Book of Secrets"
In 1700 Old Town was overcrowded, noisy and dirty. Visitors said they could smell Edinburgh as they approached Dalkieth some 8 miles to the South. Lack of proper drainage and generally insanitary conditions caused ill-health. So Edinburgh needed a new town and it was builded in the north of Old Town (from north to south).In 1766 James Craig's architectural scheme was chosen. The original New Town had three paralell streets: Princess Street, George Street & Queen Street; there were, too, spacious gardens. Princess Streets is between two famous hotels :Caledonian Hotel in the North and the Balmoral Hotel in the South. North Bridge connected Old and New Town. The Old Town & the New Town are a UNESCO World Heritage Site My favorite place was Rose Street (between Princess Street & George Street) a pedestrian street with a lot of pubs and people.
SONGS: The Stones Roses were an alternative English band formed in Manchester in 1984 which made only two albums. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement The first one is "I'm the resurrection"
SONGS: Now, new songs from a British Duo called Soulsavers from their second album"It's now how far you fall, It's the way you land" . The album features American singer Mark Lanegan as vocalist. The first one is "Revival" and it seems like a godspell song
Hi again. After two weeks k.o because we had our "fiestas" & partys, all day in the streets drinking, dancing, laughing and waiting the rising sun. Today I'll try to write about Edinburgh but I think I need some hollydays to rest and take a break ; partying is very hard, you know!!!!
Well, let's continue talking about the Royal Mile and the last sections: High Street and Canongate
-High Street : This is the largest street and there's a lot of monuments and places to visit. On the left you can see: High Court of Justiciary, Hume Monument, City Chambers, Mary King's Close (the most famous close of Edinburgh), John Knokx's House, etc. On the right you can see Parliament Square & House, Statue Duke of Buccleuch, The Heart of Midlothian (a heart of stone in the ground that marks the entrance to the Old Tollbooth Prison. Tollbooth prisoners used to spin when they went in the prision and actually some people do the same for good luck), St Gilles Cathedral (wonderful), the Statue of King Charles (behind the cathedral), the Mercat Cross, Thor Kirk (kirk means church)which is closed because people think that there live poltergeists, the Museum of Childhood and many others. In the middle of the street, crossing from North to South you can see the North Bridge and the South Bridge, where we usually catch our buses (8 or 14)
-Canongate: I think that, for me, It's the less interesting road but there are places like Canongate Tolbooth (with the watch), The People's Story (very interesting, because you can see how people lived in a Royal Mile house from down to the roof), Canongate Kirk and other places. At the end you can see on the right the Scottish Parliament (very modern for me!!!) and in front the Palace of Holyrood.
SONGS: For today I'll bring you something special, it's not a group or vocalist. It's Blue Man Group, a creative foundation that creates theatrical shows with three people dresses black clothes and the rest of the head and hands are blue: called Blue Men an they play percussive instruments. Behind them there is a band
An advice: don't be late if you want to see one of their shows
The first song is "Above" and it was the beginning of his show "The Complex Live Rock"
The second one is "Up to the Roof", sung by Tracy Bonham
Hi. Edinburgh is called the Athens of the North, It's a wonderful city with friendly people and a lot of places you can discover . The Royal Mile flows from West (the Castle Rock) to East (Holyrood Palace) following the spine of these hills. It's divided in four sections: -Castle hill -Lawnmarket -High Street -Canongate When you go out the castle, the first thing that you see is the Esplanade, in witch place the Military Tattoo is realized. There's the place to the Music Concerts, too.
Then The Royal Miles begins: the first section is called Castlehill and it's the oldest street
Next we can see Lawnmarket, it's a widest street than the previous ones and many times times ago was a linen market. Now is dominated by tourist-oriented shops
SONGS: Today I'll show you a group called Death in Vegas. Death in Vegas is a Britain duo witch made electronic and psycodelic rock music. In their third album "Scorpion Rising"(2.002) decided to change and made pop-rock music featuring rock stars like Liam Gallagher and Paul Weller The first song is "Scorpio Rising", sung by Liam Gallagher, Oasis singer
Hi. I'm here trying to remembering these two weeks standing in this wonderful city: Edinburgh (or Edinbro more or less pronunciation)
Well, I left my home 11 July and went to Cáceres to sleep there in my parent's house. Sunday I got the bus early in the morning (8.15 a.m) and went to Madrid, then I took first the train and then the subway to Barajas Airport and waited there until the depart time. I had to wait because the fly is delayed but, at last, we flyed without problems and at 9 p.m. (Scottish hour) I was in Edinburgh Airport
I caught the bus to the city and after a while I was in the Center of Edinburgh, in South Bridge, very close the Royal Mile. I got off the bus and began to ask the way to go to my residence. A few minutes after I was carrying my suitcases to the residence because one person said to me that it was only 15 min. so I decided to take a walk and see the city but It was not quite truth (try to carry two bags on a unknown city and, then, tell me about this!), however 40 minutes later I was in my residence
At last I was in my residence, I went to the reception and then to my room, I had a shower and went to sleep because I was very tired
SONGS: Today I'll show you an English band called Ocean Colour Scene (OCS) formed in Birmingham on 90's very influenced by Paul Weller and 60's bands
The first song I'll show you is my favourite: "Travellers Tune" from their album "Marchin' Alredy", which was a successful album and was #1, displacing Oasis album "Be here now". There is a anecdote that you can read on BBC: "In the week that their album, ‘Marchin’ Already,’ went to number one and knocked Oasis off the top spot, Noel Gallagher very graciously sent Ocean Colour Scene his congratulations though a plaque on which he had inscribed To The Second Best Band In Britain. “And as The Beatles are the first best band in Britain,” vocalist and songwriter, Simon Fowler says laughing, “that was very nice of him."
Hi. I'm back again from Edinburgh. I'm happy but a little sad because I left a wonderful place and a lot of friends there. In this photo I'm with my General English Teacher, Gavin. I was in Edinburgh two weeks, studying General English Course in the Edinburgh School of English and my residential accommodation was at the Pollock Hall, a half an hour walking from the Royal Mile.
Timetable
8.45-9.00: Plenary Session (Susan) 9.00-10.00: Fluency workshop (Jonathan) 10.00-10.15: Break 10.15-11.15: General English (Gavin) 11.15-11.30: Break 11.30-13.00: General English (Gavin) 13.00-14.00: Lunch 14.00-15.00: Master-class 15.00-15.15 Break 15.15-16.15: Reading and Writing Skills (David)
When I was finishing the classes (at 16.15 h.) I always took a walk around the city until the dinner time (19.30 h. more or less) with some friends, trying to see the city and practice our English (and drink a beer, too,OF COURSE!!!!).
My Opinion: -Positive: The city, the people (very friendly), the students that I meet there (Consoli, Anja, Isidro,Margherita, Nichola, Carlos, etc.) the teachers -Negative: The weather (always raining), the lunch and dinner hour, and the close hour of Museums
I hope that these days I've have time to write about my experience there.
SONG: This is time to an old band: Simple Minds. The band was in Edinburgh last Saturday (18th of July) but I could not see them because I've got not a ticket. Simple Minds is a Scottish band (Rock, New Wave & Pop) borned in 1.977 (30 years on the road!!!). His frontman is Jim Kerr I'll show you two songs: The first one is "Don't You", maybe his most successful hit. The end of the song (and the concert) is amazing!
My last post
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Well, I'm not sure but maybe it could be my last post so I want to say
thank you to all of you because I've felt like home.
I have no words so I think I'll ...
Bye, bye Cheltenham...
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Cheltenham Spa. When all the spanish people read the second word, we
supposed that our town would be a marvellous resort with large pools,
turkish bat...
Soy maestro.
Mis aficiones: la música,la música, la música y, aparte, los ordenadores, la lectura y los fines de semana pasarlos con los amigos y, cuando puedo, viajar.
I'm a teacher.
My hobbies: music, music, music and, also, computers, books, and on weekends enjoy with friends and when I can, travelling.
