Uma ulungele ukuya e-UK, ezikhathini eziningi awufuni ukuhlala wedwa eLondon. Umqondo ukusizakala nokuhamba. Iphawundi ibiza kakhulu kune-euro ngakho-ke ohambweni olulodwa ungabulala izinyoni eziningana ngetshe elilodwa.
Lapho ubona imephu, ukubuka kwakho kuzothi kwesinye isikhathi kuqhubeke IScotland. I-Edimurgo iyindawo yakudala kunazo zonke kepha uma uphakamisa amehlo akho, ubheke enyakatho ebandayo, uzohlukanisa Aberdeen. Yidolobha lesithathu elinabantu abaningi ezweni futhi laziwa njenge IGranite City. Thola ukuthi kungani.
Aberdeen, okuyiwa eScotland
Uma uthanda umlando waseScotland noma ushaywe umoya BraveheartIsibonelo, awukwazi ukuphuthelwa i-Aberdeen. Ngesikhathi se-Wars for Independence yaseScotland yayingaphansi kolawulo lwamaNgisi futhi kwakunguRobert de Bruce odumile ovela efilimini uhhafu njengomkhapheli kaWallace owenza ukuvinjezelwa okubalulekile, ukukubhubhisa ngokuphelele ngo-1308, abulale wonke amaNgisi awabuyisele kumaScots.
Aberdeen akakaze abe nakho okushiwo impilo ethule, phakathi kwamasayithi, izimpi nezinhlupho ezesabekayo eziqede inani labantu, ukuqothuka nokwakhiwa kabusha. Namuhla uziveza njengomuntu osindile. Ibekwe phakathi kwemilomo emibili yemifula, uDon noDee, nangaphezulu kwamagquma amaningi agingqikayo. Sinjani isimo sezulu sakho? Yebo, bheka nje emephini ukwazi lokho ubusika babo bunzima, ngamahora ambalwa kakhulu elanga.
Qaphela ukuya kuDisemba ngoba leyo nyanga yephule amarekhodi eqhwa ngo -16ºC ngo-2010.Ihlobo kuyindlela engcono kakhulu? Vele, amazinga okushisa adlula u-20ºC kanti ehlobo elishisayo angafinyelela ku-30ºC. Akukubi nge-Aberdeen eyihlane.
Ungafika kanjani eAberdeen
I-Aberdeen ixhumeke kahle emhlabeni: inesikhumulo sayo sezindiza samazwe omhlaba, isiteshi sesitimela, isikhumulo sezikebhe kanye nesiteshi samabhasi. Ngemoto usemahoreni amabili nohhafu nje ukusuka e-Edinburgh noma eGlasgow.
Ukusuka eLondon ungathatha insizakalo yesitimela kusuka eVirgin East Coast esuka eKing Cross Station futhi ethatha cishe amahora ayisikhombisa nekota. Izitimela zihamba njalo emahoreni amane. Kukhona insizakalo esheshayo kepha kufanele uxhume e-Edinburgh (Edinburgh Haymarket Station). Ngonyaka odlule amanani ale nsizakalo ayengamaphawundi angama-80.
Ukusuka eLondon enye inketho yiyona Ulele Caledonia esuka eLondon Euston ngo-9: 15 ebusuku bese ifika e-Aberdeen ngabo-7: 30 ekuseni. Akukubi neze futhi ngekhabethe elinombhede owabiwe ukhokha cishe u- £ 100. Kufanele ukhumbule ukuthi amanani alula kakhulu atholakala njalo lapho ubhuka futhi ukhokha kusengaphambili. Amathikithi ajikelezayo nawo ngokuvamile ashibhile ngakho-ke gcina lokho engqondweni.
Kukhona nokunikezwa kweKilasi Lokuqala ngakho-ke kubheke ngoba phela uhambo alufinyeleli, thatha noma yisiphi isitimela osithathayo.
Mayelana nemizila Ngebhasi usuka eLondon uhambo luthatha cishe amahora ayi-12 kuye kwayi-13. Amabhasi asuka eVictoria Coach Station kabili ngosuku, ekuseni nakusihlwa. Unebhasi ngo-8 ekuseni, isibonelo, nenkonzo yasebusuku ngo-10: 30 ntambama. Kulokhu uhambo luthatha cishe amahora amabili ngaphansi, ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi. Ngonyaka odlule amanani aqala ngamaphawundi angama-20. Ngokusobala, ungathenga amathikithi online kuwebhusayithi ye-National Express Coaches.
Uma uthanda ukushayela ungaqasha imoto futhi uthathe uhambo uwedwa. Kunemigwaqo eminingana yezimoto exhumanisa iLondon ne-Aberdeen noma i-Edinburgh iye eAberdeen. Kepha kuthiwani uma usuvele useScotland? Ukusuka eGlasgow nase-Edinburgh ungafika lapho ngesitimelaFuthi kusuka eNewcastle nase York. Bheka izinsizakalo ze I-Scotrail.
Njengoba ngishilo ngenhla, i-Aberdeen inesikhumulo sezikebhe esiseJamiesen's Quay khona lapho phambi kwesiteshi sesitimela.Izikebhe ezisuka zifike zisuka esikhumulweni sezindiza ziye eScottish Isles, eShetland nase-Orkney.
Yini ongayibona e-Aberdeen
Kufanele usho kuqala lokho I-Aberdeenshire, isifunda, saziwa njengeScotland Castle County Futhi kungenxa yokuthi le ngxenye igxila enanini eliphakeme kakhulu lezinqaba zasendulo nge-acre kulo lonke elase-UK. Ngakho-ke, ukukhetha kahle ukuthi imiphi ongafuni ukuyiphuthelwa! Ungabhalisela i- Umzila ozinikele kuphela kaSctoland equkethe izinqaba eziyi-18, ezihlanganisa iBalmoral Castle, iCrathes Castle, iDrum Castle, iDunnator Castle noma iHuntly.
El Inqaba yaseBalmoral YiRoyal Residence lapho iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II isohambweni noma eholidini eScotland. Kusuka ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-2017 futhi kwatholwa yiCrown ngaphansi kokubusa kweVictoria. Le 1 izingadi, indawo yokudlela, amakamelo okubukisa kanye nesitolo kuzophinde kuvulwe ngamaholide phakathi kuka-Ephreli 31 noJulayi 10, phakathi kuka-5 ekuseni no-XNUMX ntambama.
Ukungena kungu- £ 11 futhi kufaka phakathi ukupaka, ukungena ezingadini nasezivandeni, indawo yombukiso ezitebeleni naseBanquet Hall yenqaba. Iphinde ifake umhlahlandlela womsindo. Kungaphezu nje kwehora ukusuka e-Aberdeen futhi kungafinyelelwa ngetekisi noma ngebhasi. Noma ohambweni, kunjalo.
Ngaphandle kweBalmoral, yiziphi ezinye izinqaba ezinconywayo? I- I-Castle Crathes Kuyinto a ibhilidi zakudala kakhulu, zizungezwe izingadi ezinhle. Ngaphakathi kukhona ifenisha yasendulo, abanikazi bezithombe zomndeni nomlando omningi. Kuvulwa kusukela ngo-10: 30 ekuseni kuye ku-5 ntambama kanti izindleko zokungeniswa zibiza u- £ 12. I- IDrum Castle Sekunamakhulu ayisikhombisa eminyaka ubudala futhi umbhoshongo namahlathi kwanikezwa umndeni kaRobert de Bruce ngo-1323.
Namuhla inemikhakha kaJacobite neyamaVictoria, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kanye nensimu enhle yezomlando yaseRoses eyalinywa phakathi kwekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa namashumi amabili. Ivula iminyango yayo ngo-11 ekuseni futhi ibiza u- £ 12.
Njengoba ngishilo kunezinqaba eziningi ngakho-ke kufanele ukhethe ukuthi iziphi ofuna ukuzivakashela uthathe uhambo. Kwesinye isikhathi kungcono ukubhalisela ukuvakasha noma okuningana, ukuze ungaphuthelwa okubaluleke kakhulu. Ngokolunye uhlangothi, IScotland yaziwa nge-whisky. Izinga lamanzi endawo, izitshalo zebhali nomoya kwenza ikhwalithi yalo moya ibe mihle kakhulu. Ukuthola iwhisky yeScotch ungakwenza Izimfihlo Eziyimfihlo zase-Aberdeenshire.
Ukuhamba kukudlulisa kuma-distilleries amaningana aqala ngekhulu le-XNUMX nele-XNUMX, atholakala ezigodini ezahlukahlukene ezinjengeGlenDronach, Ardmore noma iFettercairn. Lolu hambo lusukela ezisekelweni kuye kokukhethekile, okungcono kakhulu uma ungumlutha kagwayi. Ama-distilleries amaningi aseScotland agcina izindlela zakudala zokuphucula iziphuzo futhi akuvumele ubone inqubo ngakho kuhle. Phakathi kwama-distilleries adume kakhulu kunalawo UGlenfiddich, uChivas Regal, uMcCallan kanye neGlenlivet.
Okokugcina ukwakheka kwedolobha kwe- I-Aberdeen: inezikhungo ezimbili ezinomlando, the U-Aberdeen Omdala nemigwaqo yayo ebiyelwe ngamatshe nobhishobhi omkhulu wekhulu le-XNUMX, kanye Unyawo, isifunda sokudoba esisogwini ngqo nezindlu ezincane, izingadi zezimbali nezindlu ezimibalabala. Ungahamba ngomgwaqo omkhulu, i- Union Street, i-avenue enezakhiwo ezakhiwe nge-greyite egrey (yingakho igama leGranite City), ukuhamba olwandle noma wenze isigwedlo ibhodi uma isimo sezulu sihle.
I-Las amabhishi esihlabathi egolide welula amamayela, kukhona ngisho izindunduma eziningi, njalo ngasenyakatho, ngenkathi eningizimu kutholakala ukukhuphuka nokumangalisayo amawa. Ekugcineni, isithombe esine- Isifanekiso sikaWilliam Wallace ayikwazi ukulahleka kusuka ku-scrapbook yakho. Uyithola lapho kuhlangana khona iRosemount Viaduct ne-Union Terrace. Kukhona nomunye kaRobert Burns, umbhali odumile waseScotland, nomunye nguRobert de Bruce ku-Broad Street.