Edinburgh castle yakaoma yegomo scotland, imwe yevashanyi vakanyanyisa kushamwaridzana kwemaguta Europe, mumaonero angu. Kunyanya kurwadziswa kwake kushanya hakuna kuremekedzwa sePrague, London, Vienna kana Paris. Uye zvakashata, pasina. Guta rakanyanya kunaka kwazvo, rine nhoroondo yakaomeswa uye huwandu hukuru hwekukwezva.
Semazuva ese, kutanga Hike yako muguta inomira nenzvimbo idzo zviratidzo zveguta, uye kana uri muEiffel Tower, muLondon Big Ben, ipapo muElinburgh basa iri rinoitwa nehotera Balmoal, anonzi Sohot yeiyo nhare yakakurumbira, iyo kwenguva yakareba pakanga paine pekugara kwehumambo hweScotland, uye ikozvino chiratidzo chekurwira kwenyika yekuzvimiririra. Iyo hotera iri pakati peiyo nhoroondo yeguta, saka zvakanangana zvakakodzera kugamuchira nzvimbo ino yeiyo nzvimbo yekutanga yeiyo yekufamba.
Enda mberi uye pano! Inozivikanwa yemamireri emigwagwa. Ichi chimwe chinhu chakafanana neye moscow trversya mumugwagwa, izvo zvinotungamira kuKremlin nesu, iye muElinburgh, anotungamira kuHoludhouse Houudhouse, akavakwa munguva yeMary Stewart, uye iko zvino kuve kwekugara kukuru kweErizabheti muScotland.
Avo vaive muElinburgh uye havana kuona chifananidzo kuWalterera Scott, zvingave zvichikwanisika kutaura kuti havana kuona guta. Hongu hongu! Ini ndinoona ndichiramba kuti vanoti chifananidzo kumunyori, allbeit uyo munyori weaniverwe, watinongera maburi muhudiki, asi uyu angori munyori, waifanira kutarisa ikoko? Uye onai! Iyo 60-methes chivakwa, inoita kunge yakafanana nekereke yakavakwa muchimiro chekutanga gothic, zvinonyatsoshamisa. Chimiro munyori uye imbwa yake inodiwa ine vanhu vematombo kubva pamabasa ake. Nenzira, iyo midziyo inogona kuve yakakwira uye yakajeka maonero eguta guru reScotland rakavhurika kubva pakureba. Kupinda kwekushanyira mumwaka wezhizha kwakavhurika kubva gumi kusvika makumi maviri maawa.
Chii chinoitika zvese zvinouya mupfungwa kana iwe uchiti scotland? Rudyi! Scotch whisky, uye ndosaka ichinongedzerwa kuenda kuScothy Whiskey Museum (Center), iyo iri paiyo yemumifananidzo yakataurwa nemamiriyoni emigwagwa. Vakatenga rwendo uye kushanyira museum iyi, uchaona muunganidzwa mukuru wechinwiwa chakazara munyika, vatungamiriri vanozotaura nyaya yekugadzirwa, vacharatidza kugadzirwa "rarama", uye ivo ichapihwawo kuravira mhando dzakakosha dze whiskey. Ikoko iwe unogona zvakare kutenga ichi chinwiwa neine mutero wakanaka.
Mamuseum uye maGarirees muElinburgh zvakawanda uye chimwe nechimwe chazvo chakakodzera tsananguro yakaparadzana, asi zviri nani kusaverenga, asi kutarisa. Asi kuti titarise zvakanaka uye zvisingadhuri, zvakakodzera kutenga izvo zvinonzi Edinburgh pass. Tiketi iyi inobvumidza kwete kutenderedza guta remahara, asi zvakare inoratidzawo kodzero yekushanyira anopfuura makumi maviri emamuseum uye kusaina nzvimbo uye kunze kwezvinhu zvese, gita reguta rakabatanidzwa pairi. Mutengo weti tikiti iri wakasiyana zvichienderana nemazuva mangani aunotenga, uye unogona kuitenga iyo madhiri, iri panhandare yendege, pachiteshi uye muguta.