Links

Scottish links

• Lothian Buses
  Edinburgh Bus Company, for city centre transport.
  
• Undiscovered Scotland
  Detailed information on remote and popular places in Scotland.
  
• Scotsmart
  Directory of all things Scottish.
  
• The List
  Eating out and Events Guide to Edinburgh and Glasgow
  
• The Internet Guide to Scotland
  Designed and hosted by Joanne MacKenzie Winters, this website has pretty much everything you could ever want to know about tourism in Scotland.
  
• Western Isles Tourist Board
  Your most useful guide to the Outer Herbrides.
  
• Caledonian MacBrayne Ferries
  The main ferry company linking you from the mainland to the many isles. Also has interesting holiday packages.
• Sainsbury's
  Supermarket
• Waterstones
  Bookstore with Starbuck's Coffee shop on top floor, overlooking Princes Street, Edinburgh.
• WH Smith
  Another Bookstore/Newsagent in Edinburgh
• Ceilidhs
• Edinburgh Botanical Gardens
• Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe Festival
• Edinburgh's Capital Christmas

General UK info

• Weather forecast - Official weather info
  
• BBC News - For today's headlines
  
• Yellow Pages,UK - Find a UK business
  
• White Pages, Edinburgh - Look up someone you know
  

French links

• Site Officiel de la Mairie de Toulouse
  Toulouse is in the south of France, near the Midi-Pyrenees. The council website has some useful information plus links to tourism websites.
  
• Office de Tourisme et des congres Paris
  Paris is a bit bewildering if you don't know where you're going, so check out this website before you go
  
• La Fraiseraie
  Located in Pornic, Brittany, this is the best ice-cream shop!
  
• Office du tourisme de Pornic
  Pornic is very nice for a holiday, if you're looking for an escape from rainy Britain.
  
• Beau Soleil
  Spoil yourself rotten on holiday at this Hotel in Pornic! And try the seafood restaurant downstairs, yum!
  
• Brittany Ferries
  Timetables, routes and tourism tips
  
• Brittany Guide
  Holiday and accomodation guide
  

Belgian Links

• Brussels Tourism Site
  Brussels is well worth a visit, particularly if you love beer, languages and chocolate
  
• A la Becasse
  This link is in Japanese, but it does give the right address and photos of a great pub in Brussels. If you're going to Brussels, take the address of this pub with you and don't miss it!

Useful world travel stuff

• Traveller's Point
  An Online Travel Community
• What's on, When?
  A guide to events going on around the world, including Bonfire Night in Edinburgh and Glasgow!
• World Atlas.com
  Maps and general information on any country
• Silvara and Liltroll's Travels
  Our friends Sim and Seb have their own travel journal. They live in France and have photos and words on France, Scotland, Belgium and Spain.
  
• Elisabeth and Teije's Travel Web site
  We found this Web site on one of our frequent random Web surfing adventures and thought it was great. This couple have travelled extensively throughout Europe and have pages in English and Nederlands.
• RyanAir Airlines
  Our favourite. Really cheap flights covering most of the EU.
  
• EasyJet Airlines
  That really orange company, who do everything from rental cars to internet cafes.
  

Visas, immigration, recruitment

• UK Immigration
  If you need a visa or an extension or if you want to apply for residency, this is the official site
  
• The Scotsman - Recruitment
  For jobs in Scotland
  
• Kelly Services
  One of the most reliable Temping Agencies in Edinburgh. They will look after you whether you want work for a week or a year.

Personal links and favourites

• Narelle Lewis — Web design & Desktop publishing
  Narelle designs websites for a living.
• English in Toulouse
  Narelle runs a conversation club for native English speakers in Toulouse.
• Crown Entertainment
  (Narelle's Mum's business) Event and Entertainment Coordinators, Gold Coast Australia.
  
• Ashley Lewis
  (Narelle's brother's business) Jazz and Classical Musician
  
• Ashy's Vegetarian Cookbook: No, we're definitely not vegetarian's but sometimes you can actually eat something without meat in it...really, it's okay. Ashy's Web site has, apart from a questionable colour scheme, a useful series of cooking and travel related pages and I defer to his cooking expertise quite regularly.