Quote Originally Posted by Sir William View Post
My first question would be how long do you plan to stay?
My second question is what are you interested in? I like history but not all history - and I know there are many that one museum visit is either too much or just enough.
I'd recommend seeing the Tattoo in Edinburgh, which is only in August, if you can. I don't like crowds either but the Tattoo is worth seeing. Note that tickets go very quickly so reserve them early. Then get the heck out of town and go somewhere, anywhere, else.

Visit a distillery. Its very informative and fun.

Do the tacky tourist thing and look for Nessie. Its fun. And, you might be lucky.
First, we are hoping to go for a minimum of 10 days. From what we're hearing, any shorter than that would be a waste for our first trip.
Second, LOVE history. Not really into museums per se, but really love to visit historical places. And, I am really looking forward to visiting places so much older than we have in the states.
Third, The Tattoo is definitely on the list, which is the other reason for considering going in August.
Fourth, Scott has been talking about visiting a particular island (sorry, the name escapes me at the moment) where there are several distilleries, so I'm sure that will be a must-see as well!
Fifth, yeah, Nessie might be fun!! I don't mind a few tacky tourist things, I just don't want most of the trip to be that!!!!