Haggis - a famous Scottish delicacy

Posted on October 19th, 2007 by

If you make it as far north as Scotland on your European tour, you must try that famous Scottish dish known as haggis. Haggis is sheep’s offal, basically heart, liver and lungs, minced with onion, oatmeal, spices, suet, salt and stock, and this mixture is then traditionally stuffed into a sheep’s stomach, and the whole […]

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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe - the world’s largest arts festival

Posted on August 6th, 2007 by

If you are visiting the UK in August it is well worth taking the trip up to Scotland to attend some of the events of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For three weeks Edinburgh is transformed into a city of music, art and performance, with the streets, pubs, clubs and theatres packed with eager festival-goers. This […]

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