Tuesday, 30th
September 2014
13.30 Budapest on Jet2 direct to Edinburgh. Students will be taken to the airport from
school and therefore should attend school as normal.
15.30 Arrival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ground transport to
Cowgate Tourist Hostel.
18:30-19:30 dinner in Grassmarket.
Wednesday, 1st
October 2014
10.00-11.30 The National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle - Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots and the
Great War Exhibition explores the stories of the First World War. Students
will find out about life in the trenches from a selection of letters from the
First World War by Captain William Bennet-Clark of the Royal Scots, brought to
life in a digital story.
13.00 Lunch at Princes Mall
14.00 – 15.30 In the
Footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson, a walking tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Through the closes and wynds of Old Edinburgh, discover the darker side of
Scotland’s capital.
16.00 Hotel then ground transport to Toll Cross
17.00-18.00 Pre-theatre dinner in Lothian Road/Bread
Street/Leven Street
18:15-19:15 Regeneration:
Theatre Talk, King’s Theatre
19:30-21.00 Pat Barker’s Regeneration,
at the King’s Theatre
Thursday, 2nd
October 2014
10.00 – 11.30 The People's Story Museum, Canongate, The
Royal Mile
11.30 – 13.00 Calton Hill – Nelson Monument, Observatory,
National Monument (Edinburgh’s Disgrace)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch at St. James Centre
14.00 – 16.00 Poetry writing workshop at the Kings theatre
with established poet and mentor, Jacqui Rowe, for a unique poetry workshop
exploring themes of war and responses to war.
16.00 Ground transport to Ocean Terminal, Leith
18.00 Dinner at Ocean Terminal
Evening Movie Night, Vue Cinemas (12 screen multiplex) in
Ocean Terminal
Friday, 3rd
October 2014
10.00 – 11.30 The Writers’ Museum, Lady Stair’s Close. The museum
celebrates the lives of three great Scottish writers – Robert Burns, Sir Walter
Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
13.00 Lunch on the Royal Mile
14.00 – 15.00 Scottish National Portrait Gallery -
exhibition Remembering The Great War
18.00 ‘Come Dine With
Me’ Evening in the hostel. Groups of students will prepare dinner for all
with entertainment!
20.45-22.00 Night tour of Blair Street Vaults and Canongate
Cemetry
Saturday, 4th
October 2014
10.30 Guided tour of the Scottish Parliament providing
information on the history, work and procedures of the Scottish Parliament and
about the architecture of the award winning Scottish Parliament building.
12.00 Walk to St. Margaret’s Loch, picnic lunch
13.00 Climb Arthur’s Seat
16.00 Traditional Fish and Chips dinner at the best
“chippie” in Edinburgh, The Tailend
on Leith Walk,
Sunday, 5nd
October 2014
13.00 ground transport to Edinburgh Airport. Lunch in
terminal
15.50 Depart Edinburgh airport
19.50 return to Budapest on Jet2. Students should be
collected by their parents or guardians from the airport.
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