I-Edinburgh castle hard of Mountain Scotland, enye yezivakashi ezibukelwe kakhulu zamadolobha aseYurophu, ngombono wami. Okungenani inkazimulo yakhe yezivakashi ayizwakali kakhulu njengePrague, eLondon, iVienna noma iParis. Futhi kuyize, ngeze. Idolobha lihle kakhulu, linomlando ocebile kakhulu nenani elikhulu lezinto ezikhangayo.
Njengokujwayelekile, ukuqala ukuhamba kwakho edolobheni kumi ngalezi zindawo eziyizimpawu zomuzi, futhi uma eParis kuyinto e-Eiffel Tower, e-Edinburgh le ndima yenziwa yihhotela Balmoal, laqanjwa kanjalo Kwinqaba edumile, okuyiyo isikhathi eside lapho kwakuhlala khona umndeni wasebukhosini waseScotland, futhi manje uphawu lomzabalazo kazwelonke wama-potsents wenkululeko. Leli hhotela lisenkabeni yengxenye yomlando yedolobha, ngokuhlukile kakhulu kufanelekile ukwamukela le ndawo ngephuzu lokuqala lokuvakasha.
Qhubeka futhi nalapha! Umgwaqo waseRoyal Mile Street. Lokhu kuyinto efana neMoscow Tverskaya Street, eholela eKremlin nathi, nase-Edinburgh, uholela eCastleburgh, uholela ezikhathini ze-Mary Stewart, futhi manje kokuba yindawo yokuhlala enkulu ka-Elizabeth eScotland.
Labo ababese-Edinburgh futhi abasibonanga itshe lesikhumbuzo esiya eWaltera Scott, kungenzeka ukuthi asho ukuthi awambonanga lo muzi. Yebo Yebo! Ngibona kusekela isikhumbuzo esithi umlobi, umbhali mayelana ne-AiverGo, esiyifundele izimbobo ebuntwaneni, kepha lokhu kungumlobi nje, yini okufanele uyibuke lapho? Futhi bheka! Isikhumbuzo samamitha angama-60, esibonakala sifana nesonto esakhiwe ngesitayela se-gothic yokuqala, siyamangaza ngempela. Umdwebo womfanekiso nenja yakhe ethandekayo bazungeza izinhlamvu zamatshe ezitsheni emisebenzini yakhe. Ngendlela, isikhumbuzo singakhuphuka kanye nokubuka okuhle kwenhloko-dolobha yaseScotland kuvuleke kusuka ekuphakameni. Ukutholwa kokuvakashela ngesikhathi sasehlobo kuvulwa kusuka emahoreni ayi-10 kuye kwangama-20.
Ngabe konke kuvelaphi engqondweni lapho usho iScotland? Kwesokudla! Scotch whisky, futhi yingakho kumpokotho ukuthi liye kwi-Scottish Whisky Museum (Center), elitholakala eRoyal Mile Street. Sebethenge ukuvakasha nokuvakashela le mnyuziyamu, uzobona iqoqo elikhulu lalesi siphuzo esihle emhlabeni, abaqondisi bazoyixoxa indaba yemvelaphi kanye nentuthuko yokukhiqiza, bayokhombisa inqubo yokukhiqiza "bukhoma", futhi bona kuzonikezwa futhi ukunambitha izinhlobo ezikhethekile ze-whisky. Lapho futhi ungathenga lesi siphuzo ngesephulelo esihle.
Iminyuziyamu nemipheme e-Edinburgh okuningi futhi ngakunye kwazo kufanelekile ukuchaza okuhlukile, kepha kungcono ukungafundi, kepha ukubukela. Kepha ukuze ubukeke kahle futhi angabizi, kufanelekile ukuthenga lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yi-Edinburgh Pass. Leli thikithi alivumeli kuphela ukuzungeza idolobha mahhala, kodwa futhi lembula ilungelo lokuvakashela iminyuziyamu engaphezu kwama-25 nezindawo zezandla futhi ngaphandle kwakho konke, umhlahlandlela wedolobha unamathele kuwo. Izindleko zaleli tikiti ziyehluka ngokuya ngezinsuku eziwuthenga zingakanani, futhi ungayithenga kuma-kiosks wokwaziswa, osesikhumulweni sezindiza, esiteshini nasedolobheni.