Day 1: Arrival
It’s time for a vacation again. This year’s destinations included Great Britain, where mountainous landscapes contrast with the relatively flat landscape of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The journey to Edinburgh was fairly relaxed. Conveniently, there is a direct train connection from Rostock to BER Airport in Berlin. The journey only takes 2:45 hours. This is a quick way to get from the north of Germany to Berlin and the terminal. Surprisingly, the airport was quite empty. It was only mid-May and most people weren’t on vacation, but I still expected more people to come.
A small note to all those who are traveling with expensive equipment or similar: On the zoll.de website, reference is made to an identification form for expensive goods as proof for their export and import. As we were then told at airport customs, this was completely superfluous. It is sufficient to carry the invoices for your equipment as proof of purchase in the EU.
The queues for the security check were quite short and the inspectors were very relaxed. My rucksack was full of camera equipment and weighed 14 kg. Everything you need, including a drone. The latter then provided some topics of conversation and a few recommendations from me to the airport staff.
Finally, it was just a matter of waiting for the plane. We started half an hour late at around 17:15. By flying into the British Summer Time (BST) zone, we arrived at around 6 p.m. local time. Edinburgh Airport is fairly well laid out. As you leave the exit, the name of the city is displayed in large letters as a photo motif. Streetcars and buses are easy to reach. The subsequent trip to the IBIS Hotel by streetcar to the Gyre Center stop cost 7.5 pounds.
There were no problems at check-in. As the IBIS Hotel does not offer dinner, we bought the necessary food at Morrisons (a shopping chain like Kaufland). After a small food orgy with a room picnic, we continued on towards Fort William the next day.
