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Nome
i lived in edinburgh for eleven months and the one month i had to miss was August. :( so of course i heard all sorts of wonderful things about the edinburgh festival (particularly the film festival) and have been dying to get back there ever since.
can’t go this year either, but i might aim for ‘07 or ‘08.
Mikhail Nikolayevich
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You didn’t miss much:)
I mean that, as an Edinburgh resident, I don’t really enjoy the Festival. Of course it is the one month of the year when there is a lot happening in town. So most people do enjoy August in Edinburgh, it’s just that I’m a grumpy old man.
What were you doing in Edinburgh?
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Nome
grumpy old man, perhaps August is a good time for a trip out into the country for you. ;p
mostly i was in edinburgh to take some classes at the University. but i also did some geneology research on the side, which eventually took me to South Uist.
i was able to see a lot of the country that year and have concluded that Scotland is a gorgeous and marvelous place. if i couldn’t live in Alaska, i would move there in a heartbeat.
Mikhail Nikolayevich
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I believe that certain people do that. You can make a lot of money renting your flat for that month.
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Nome
i’ll have to keep that in mind when i’m looking for a flat to rent for a month next year. :)
also, if you know of any people so inclined, or networks of such people, i’d love to hear about them. not that i can afford to spend an arm and a leg, but staying in a flat for the whole month would be much preferable to a hotel for a two weeks.
