Edinburgh Tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo starts today (August 4^th) and goes until August 26^th.

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has been held every year at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland’s Capital of Edinburgh since 1949. Around 200,000 People see it live every year.

My Family and I went to the one in 1995. We were living in Germany and drove across Belgium to the Ferry at Zeebrugge.

We had the day to kill before the Ferry Crossing so we went to the Boudewijn Seapark - Dolfinarium in Bruges which was very fun. The People there were so friendly and excited to have Americans visit.

That night we took the Ferry to Felixstowe, England.

We then drove 398 miles through England to Edinburgh, Scotland.

We stayed at a small RV Park (called a Caravan Park in the UK) in a rented RV (Caravan.) We were the only Americans to stay there and the Leader of the Youth Club loved showing us off.

Back to the Tattoo: We went to see the Tattoo in Edinburgh while in Scotland. We had really nice weather (for Scotland in August) and it was a lot of fun with different Bands from across the UK and the World-  including Egypt. We bought a VHS Copy of the Tattoo (British Version of course – which we still have.)

We had a fun time at the Tattoo, in Edinburgh and in Scotland, but then had to go back to Germany before School started.

We always wanted to go back to the Edinburgh Tattoo, but never made it in our 10 other Trips to Edinburgh (or Scotland.)