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[andrewducker]

• The 15 Least Romantic Edinburgh Date Ideas
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Edinburgh Dates

[danieldwilliam]

I think 4) the poorly attended fringe festival show might actually be a romantic date

Re: Edinburgh Dates

[threegoldfish]

I think it would really depend on the show and the date. I saw some real dogs but they would have been a lot of fun with my husband thanks to our shared language of mockery. Not so fun with someone I didn't know well though.

Re: Edinburgh Dates

[danieldwilliam]

and there are some charming but poorly attended shows - the quality of the show or the experience isn't always related that well to the success of the marketing.

My Lovely Wife and I used to take a day off during the Festival and walk round Edinburgh seeing things at random. A very happy date for us.

[supergee]

If Hamlet and Othello switched protagonists, Hamlet would have seen through Iago, Othello would have killed Claudius, and you could do them both in half an hour.

[andrewducker]

There's an excellent stage show in there somewhere...

[danieldwilliam]

I'd like to see Romeo swapped with Falstaff.

[fanf]

That would be a bit "have some Madeira m'dear" - drunken old sot seduces teenager...

[danieldwilliam]

I can see the tram inching its way down towards the coast as little bits of money and development happen.

[andrewducker]

It's finding areas of decent population density that can be incrementally added. A loop out through Portobello and Musselburgh and back through Craigmillar, past the Royal Infirmary, and then northwards to Leith Walk again would be great in some ways - but I'd want hard research telling me that the figures added up.

[danieldwilliam]

The new Waverley line comes in to Edinburgh somewhere out there - and there was talk of building a new town too.

I like the tram and I'd love it to succeed, but like you, I want to see some robust numbers before we spend money on it.

[andrewducker]

Borders Railway is going through Brustane, Newcraighall, and then to Shawfair, which is the new town they're building:
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/shawfair-plans-show-4000-homes-in-new-town-1-3416617

And that might be enough transport out to that side of things. We'll have to see how successful it is!

[andrewducker]

I agree!

(Shame I ruined it.)

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