Past Groups with Edinburgh Tour Guide Christine

Bill and Meredith Savery from America. A walking tour around a city bursting at the seams with every form of street theatre. It's International Festival and Fringe time. Singers, dancers, hairbraiders, portrait painters, actors, living statues and lots,lots more. This IS the place to be. Finished off with a tour around the castle. This couple will definately sleep soundly tonight. They took a 3 hour walking tour on top of only 3 hours sleep and jet lag! Here we are outside the Scottish War Memorial in the castle. Tomorrow, after visiting some of the Fringe shows they will be going to The Royal Edinburgh Militery Tattoo - a spectacular event.

Hopped on Alan's coach at the east end of Princes Street to welcome visitors from Kent in England to the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Alan drives this way quite often and each time he brings passengers who are very soon enthrawled with the scenery and folklore and maybe one or two nursery rhymes too!

Nial brought a coach load of 'celtic cousins' to Edinburgh - passengers from South Wales. Much camaradery and fun.  Looking forward to the Royal Edinburgh Militery Tattoo later.

Enrique, Carol, Robert, John and Lee spent half a day treking around the sights of Edinburgh. Visting Gladstones Land and the Georgian house and covering the changes between the Old and New Town. Finally left them at Romanes and Paterson to enjoy a well earned rest and Scottish Fare before taking a taxi back to their cruise liner at South Queensferry.

A midday tour around the old town of Edinburgh, through the Grassmarket and into Holyrood Park. Another fantastic driver, this time with a group from the Cambridge Area.

With Kevin, fabulous driver from 'Lochs and Glens'. (Am I just lucky with drivers or are all drivers fabulous?).  A midday tour around Edinburgh with a photo stop on the south side of Arthurs Seat overlooking the city.  A glorious day and great fun, passengers from Sussex and Surrey - they'll be back!

A pleasant afternoon spent making our way through the  'Old Town'. Starting at Gladstones Land, we wandered up to the Castle, detouring to the Grassmarket and Greyfriars before rejoining the Royal Mile. A visit to the Canongate Church graveyard (resting place of Adam Smith and 'Clarinda' - one of Robert Burn's Ladyloves. It was such a lovely day we popped into Dunbars Close to see the almost secret replica 16th century garden too.

Afternoon walking tour with an American group of students from Imperial college. Some coins were left at the grave of Adam Smith (the father of modern economics) in the Canogate Churchyard for good luck. Adam Smith of course the famous economist and writer of the Theory of Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations. He was born in Kirkcaldy and spent much of his time here in Edinburgh - his final resting place at the Canongate.

A friendly group of lecturers, students and friends - took an early evening tour in the Old Town - think I just about walked their socks off!  Temperatures in the 20s again!

Here we are just outside the Scottish Parliament having a well earned rest.  

Nicola Sturgeon ( Deputy leader of the SNP Scottish National Party and therefore Deputy First Minister of Scotland) passed us and gave a smile. I'd already been asked my views on the Scottish Referendum - so was proud of my groups restraint when I explained who she was ......

If you want to know my views - you'll need to come on one of my tours!

French speaking students from College Champagnat.  A lot of faces were pulled and shrieks were heard when their Head Teacher translated the gory details of Burke and Hare! Fabulous weather today - a heatwave for Edinburgh - 20 degrees! Tomorrow expecting a downpour - thunder and lightning - the works!

Argentinian group taking a photo break on the steps of Gladstone Land at the top of the Royal Mile after a busy morning sightseeing with a tour in the Old Town and passing JK Rowlings haunts. At the City Chambers we saw her gold painted handprints at the entrance - tiny hands! We visited some of the places where she got her inspiration for characters and location plots from. Next stop the castle.

 Students from Colonias School

Smiley happy visitors from Kuala Lumpa The weather was bittely cold -they're used to 30 degrees -but it was struggling at 2 degrees plus wind chill factor! Half day tour down to South Queensferry to see the iconic Forth Road and Rail Bridges and then coach tour around Edinburgh.                             

Part of a larger group of American students staying in London on a weeknd trip to Edinburgh University. We started in the New Town and then up to the Old. Extra excitement and camera clicking when we went through some of the areas and themes said to have been used by J K Rowling, as her inspiration for the Harry Potter books. 'Diagon Valley', 'Hogwarts', 'Thomas Riddles Grave' and the 'Elephant House Cafe'.                    

The Frazier's from America. We took a lovely walk from the Castle Esplanade down through the closes of the Royal Mile. Visiting Greyfriar's Churchyard and The Grassmarket on the way then finishing up at Waterloo Place and The Old Calton Burial Ground.

Soccer Girls from America joined me for a walking tour after their visit to Edinburgh Castle.  You can just make out the life size statue of a very famous wee doggie, 'Greyfriars Bobby'             

I joined a coach tour with the Womens Fellowship group and we spent a couple of hours driving around the sights of Edinburgh.