1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:13,453 Speaker 1: from News Talks at b Mike Yard. 3 00:00:13,453 --> 00:00:15,613 Speaker 2: He's our travel corresponding. He's here this morning. 4 00:00:15,613 --> 00:00:17,773 Speaker 3: Hey Mike, good morning Jack. 5 00:00:17,813 --> 00:00:19,733 Speaker 4: Are you going to be coming live from Alaska this 6 00:00:19,813 --> 00:00:20,453 Speaker 4: time next week? 7 00:00:20,453 --> 00:00:20,493 Speaker 1: No? 8 00:00:20,653 --> 00:00:23,493 Speaker 2: I know, how amazing. I love how So you're just 9 00:00:23,533 --> 00:00:27,173 Speaker 2: referencing Donald Trump and his impending meeting with Vladimir Putin. 10 00:00:27,853 --> 00:00:31,733 Speaker 2: Interesting that they're meeting in Alaska. Yes, I mean it's 11 00:00:31,813 --> 00:00:35,533 Speaker 2: kind of like halfway for both of them. 12 00:00:35,893 --> 00:00:36,093 Speaker 3: Yeah. 13 00:00:36,093 --> 00:00:38,613 Speaker 2: Actually, I wonder what the time? What the flight time 14 00:00:38,653 --> 00:00:42,133 Speaker 2: from Moscow to Alaska is? Anyway? Have you been to Alaska? 15 00:00:42,253 --> 00:00:42,973 Speaker 2: You've been to Alska? 16 00:00:44,133 --> 00:00:44,533 Speaker 3: I have. 17 00:00:44,693 --> 00:00:46,453 Speaker 4: I'd love to go and do more. I haven't been 18 00:00:46,493 --> 00:00:48,573 Speaker 4: to Anchorage and I haven't done. What did you do 19 00:00:48,613 --> 00:00:51,573 Speaker 4: a few years ago? Was it the dogs sledding or something? 20 00:00:51,653 --> 00:00:55,093 Speaker 2: I covered the idea to Rod in Alaska. There's a 21 00:00:55,133 --> 00:00:59,653 Speaker 2: New Zealand team who are in the Idita Rod Sleeed Race. 22 00:00:59,813 --> 00:01:02,293 Speaker 2: And actually I did go dogs sleading in Alaska, which 23 00:01:02,373 --> 00:01:04,893 Speaker 2: was very cool. Have to say the thing about dogs 24 00:01:04,893 --> 00:01:07,693 Speaker 2: sitting not not comfortable way of traveling. 25 00:01:07,893 --> 00:01:10,253 Speaker 3: It would be my how are we I could imagine? 26 00:01:10,333 --> 00:01:14,173 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, but but but amazing. And actually, the thing 27 00:01:14,173 --> 00:01:16,493 Speaker 2: I remember most about Anchorage, apart from it feeling like 28 00:01:16,493 --> 00:01:21,853 Speaker 2: a big mining town, is I had a an incredible 29 00:01:22,693 --> 00:01:27,653 Speaker 2: reindeer breakfast burrito or nice. I still think about that thing. 30 00:01:27,893 --> 00:01:31,053 Speaker 2: It was like three days worth of calories and it 31 00:01:31,173 --> 00:01:34,853 Speaker 2: was just it was amazing. I was cold, and I've 32 00:01:34,893 --> 00:01:37,053 Speaker 2: been out filming all night and I finally made my 33 00:01:37,093 --> 00:01:39,053 Speaker 2: way back to this place and made my way back 34 00:01:39,093 --> 00:01:42,373 Speaker 2: to a diner and had like a raindeer reindeer breckfast burrito, 35 00:01:42,413 --> 00:01:44,493 Speaker 2: and I was like, yeah, this is Yeah. 36 00:01:44,733 --> 00:01:49,293 Speaker 4: I highly recommend Rudolph Dancer. Yes, Britson blazon the work. 37 00:01:50,173 --> 00:01:52,933 Speaker 2: I suspect that I suspect that Vladimir won't be won't 38 00:01:52,973 --> 00:01:57,293 Speaker 2: be indulging in a brickfast burito. Who knows, Yeah, who knows. Hey, Anyway, 39 00:01:57,653 --> 00:02:01,613 Speaker 2: we're turning our attention to another top spot this morning. 40 00:02:01,773 --> 00:02:04,293 Speaker 2: You've got your top treats and treasures in Edinburgh and 41 00:02:04,333 --> 00:02:08,093 Speaker 2: it is one of those special cities loaded with intrigue 42 00:02:08,133 --> 00:02:09,613 Speaker 2: no matter how many times you visit. 43 00:02:09,693 --> 00:02:14,933 Speaker 4: Right totally, Jacket's beauty is rugged, not shiny. I think 44 00:02:14,933 --> 00:02:17,773 Speaker 4: that's part of the attraction. It's a brooding sort of place. 45 00:02:17,813 --> 00:02:22,573 Speaker 4: Imposing I reckon. Edinburgh is the movie set of your dreams, 46 00:02:22,653 --> 00:02:27,493 Speaker 4: and it's one of those cities where that oft described 47 00:02:27,533 --> 00:02:32,373 Speaker 4: phrase hidden gems really is so true. They're just everywhere, 48 00:02:32,413 --> 00:02:35,613 Speaker 4: so many stories spilling forth from the cobbles. So what 49 00:02:35,693 --> 00:02:37,453 Speaker 4: I love about Edinburgh, and I've been there a few 50 00:02:37,453 --> 00:02:41,253 Speaker 4: times since, I always come away with a few more surprises, 51 00:02:41,333 --> 00:02:43,733 Speaker 4: you know, as if I have just sampled a few 52 00:02:43,733 --> 00:02:46,253 Speaker 4: more secrets, and it's just one of those cities that 53 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:48,973 Speaker 4: you can just nibble on time and time again. 54 00:02:49,093 --> 00:02:51,413 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. There's quite a lot of dark history 55 00:02:51,453 --> 00:02:52,373 Speaker 2: in the city though. 56 00:02:53,293 --> 00:02:55,173 Speaker 3: Oh man, so much, and I reckon. 57 00:02:55,173 --> 00:02:57,653 Speaker 4: One of the biggest stains would have to be Edinburgh's 58 00:02:57,693 --> 00:03:01,853 Speaker 4: past hysteria for witch hunting. So if you find yourself 59 00:03:01,893 --> 00:03:05,133 Speaker 4: waiting to get into Edinburgh Castle, you'll be standing on 60 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:09,533 Speaker 4: castle where the military tattoo is held right now actually 61 00:03:09,693 --> 00:03:14,053 Speaker 4: every August, and on that esplanade check out witches. 62 00:03:14,453 --> 00:03:14,813 Speaker 3: Well. 63 00:03:14,933 --> 00:03:18,613 Speaker 4: So this is like this big cast iron fountain and 64 00:03:18,653 --> 00:03:22,653 Speaker 4: it's on the site of where they reckon. Somewhere between 65 00:03:22,773 --> 00:03:26,413 Speaker 4: three hundred and five hundred women were burnt at the 66 00:03:26,453 --> 00:03:30,013 Speaker 4: stake on that exact site. So yeah, back in the day, 67 00:03:30,013 --> 00:03:32,373 Speaker 4: of course, they were first taken to the lake and 68 00:03:32,453 --> 00:03:37,893 Speaker 4: if they didn't drown, they were determined miraculous, so they 69 00:03:37,933 --> 00:03:39,493 Speaker 4: must be a witch. So then they were taken to 70 00:03:39,573 --> 00:03:41,213 Speaker 4: cartle Esplanard and burnt to death. 71 00:03:41,373 --> 00:03:45,973 Speaker 2: Yes, there's definitely there are a few flaws in that 72 00:03:46,013 --> 00:03:48,413 Speaker 2: testing system round there, to say the least, but that's 73 00:03:48,453 --> 00:03:51,253 Speaker 2: a huge three to five hundred. I didn't realize that. Yeah, 74 00:03:51,653 --> 00:03:55,453 Speaker 2: it was that many. A lot of Old Edinburgh's now underground, right, 75 00:03:55,493 --> 00:03:56,853 Speaker 2: can you go subterranean? 76 00:03:57,853 --> 00:03:59,893 Speaker 4: Yes, I was thinking of you in the city rail 77 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:03,853 Speaker 4: link Jack, and I'm with you, subterranean rocks. The old 78 00:04:03,893 --> 00:04:08,613 Speaker 4: town in Edinburgh is stat like a pancake, literal layers 79 00:04:08,733 --> 00:04:11,813 Speaker 4: upon layers of civilization. So one of the really cool 80 00:04:11,933 --> 00:04:17,693 Speaker 4: encounters is to venture underground into Mary King's clothes. This 81 00:04:17,773 --> 00:04:20,973 Speaker 4: has just got so much history, this little pocket of 82 00:04:21,413 --> 00:04:24,333 Speaker 4: underground Edinburgh. The thing that blew me away is they 83 00:04:24,413 --> 00:04:26,773 Speaker 4: reckon the locals that this was one of. 84 00:04:26,693 --> 00:04:28,853 Speaker 3: The worst places to. 85 00:04:28,893 --> 00:04:32,973 Speaker 4: Be in the seventeenth century when the bubonic plague swept 86 00:04:32,973 --> 00:04:37,093 Speaker 4: through because of virtually everyone died in Mary King's clothes. 87 00:04:37,413 --> 00:04:41,813 Speaker 4: Those that survived were treated by a plague doctor called 88 00:04:41,853 --> 00:04:45,333 Speaker 4: George Ray and man he would slice off the top 89 00:04:45,333 --> 00:04:49,173 Speaker 4: of the victim's saw and then jam a red hot 90 00:04:49,213 --> 00:04:53,533 Speaker 4: poker into the wound to cauterize it. So it was 91 00:04:53,573 --> 00:04:57,013 Speaker 4: a really agonizing technique, but it actually proved to save 92 00:04:57,133 --> 00:04:57,933 Speaker 4: people's lives. 93 00:04:57,973 --> 00:04:59,773 Speaker 3: So that's the sort. 94 00:04:59,573 --> 00:05:02,693 Speaker 4: Of anecdotes you will glean when you're down under. 95 00:05:04,013 --> 00:05:05,733 Speaker 2: Yeah, you don't want to think about that too much. 96 00:05:06,373 --> 00:05:08,973 Speaker 2: Where'd you go for the best city views? 97 00:05:09,733 --> 00:05:12,493 Speaker 4: This is a really good insider's tip that I got 98 00:05:12,533 --> 00:05:15,693 Speaker 4: off a local. So chances are you'll strike some grizzle 99 00:05:15,893 --> 00:05:19,893 Speaker 4: todays weatherwise in Edinburgh. Good place to go the National 100 00:05:19,973 --> 00:05:23,093 Speaker 4: Museum of Scotland. Say hello to Dolly the Sheep and friends. 101 00:05:23,573 --> 00:05:27,093 Speaker 4: But then take the lift to the seventh floor of 102 00:05:27,133 --> 00:05:31,133 Speaker 4: the museum because that opens out onto the rooftop terrace. 103 00:05:31,573 --> 00:05:35,053 Speaker 4: And I mean, Edinburgh's got some great viewpoints, right, But 104 00:05:35,213 --> 00:05:37,733 Speaker 4: to be slap bang in the middle of the old 105 00:05:37,773 --> 00:05:42,293 Speaker 4: town seven stories up with that starling three point sixty 106 00:05:42,413 --> 00:05:45,973 Speaker 4: vantage point. Man, it's got the medieval rooftops, the bustle 107 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:50,013 Speaker 4: below you can see Arthur's seat backdropping the whole city. 108 00:05:50,053 --> 00:05:51,653 Speaker 3: It really is a special spot. 109 00:05:52,453 --> 00:05:54,493 Speaker 2: So the new Town is home to all of the 110 00:05:54,613 --> 00:05:56,813 Speaker 2: Georgian architecture. A where's the best spot? 111 00:05:57,053 --> 00:06:02,453 Speaker 4: Yes, Charlotte Square is stunning. So this is a masterpiece 112 00:06:02,493 --> 00:06:06,373 Speaker 4: in historic urban planning with all those Georgian townhouses around 113 00:06:06,453 --> 00:06:09,773 Speaker 4: the square. But it's sort of like a little microcosm 114 00:06:09,893 --> 00:06:13,213 Speaker 4: of Scotland's best and brightest. So back in the day 115 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:18,213 Speaker 4: you had Alexander Bell living at number fourteen, Lord Leicester 116 00:06:18,493 --> 00:06:22,973 Speaker 4: of Listerine fame at number nine. J. M. Bowry aka 117 00:06:23,053 --> 00:06:27,213 Speaker 4: Peter Pan frequently stayed at number seven, and number six 118 00:06:27,533 --> 00:06:29,533 Speaker 4: is the ten downing street of Scotland, home to the 119 00:06:29,533 --> 00:06:35,253 Speaker 4: country's first minister. So Luminary's Hello Charlotte Square was very 120 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:39,453 Speaker 4: much like the epitome of living, breathing history in Scotland. 121 00:06:39,493 --> 00:06:43,293 Speaker 2: Oh yes, the shity's got no shortage of historic pubs. 122 00:06:43,453 --> 00:06:44,773 Speaker 2: Any top piece you can. 123 00:06:44,693 --> 00:06:46,853 Speaker 3: Share couple of quick taps. 124 00:06:46,853 --> 00:06:49,733 Speaker 4: I would go to Deacon Brodie's tavern on the Royal Mile. 125 00:06:49,853 --> 00:06:52,693 Speaker 4: And I didn't realize this, but Deacon Brody was the 126 00:06:52,693 --> 00:06:58,253 Speaker 4: inspiration for Robert Leward Lewis Stevenson's Jeckelin Height. So Brody 127 00:06:58,933 --> 00:07:02,493 Speaker 4: was this acclaimed carpenter by day by night, a recid 128 00:07:02,533 --> 00:07:04,773 Speaker 4: of as to Burglar. He basically broke into all the 129 00:07:04,813 --> 00:07:06,773 Speaker 4: wealthy houses that had been. 130 00:07:06,573 --> 00:07:09,613 Speaker 3: Working on earlier in the day and it just went 131 00:07:09,653 --> 00:07:10,373 Speaker 3: on for ages. 132 00:07:10,853 --> 00:07:13,773 Speaker 4: When he was executed, apparently it was one of the 133 00:07:14,013 --> 00:07:19,413 Speaker 4: most biggest turnouts for an execution in Edinburgh when they 134 00:07:19,453 --> 00:07:21,293 Speaker 4: decided to knock him on his head. 135 00:07:21,933 --> 00:07:23,933 Speaker 3: So all of that history is told of the pub. 136 00:07:24,333 --> 00:07:27,693 Speaker 4: And then also on Candlemaker's Row, you've got to check 137 00:07:27,693 --> 00:07:32,853 Speaker 4: out Grayfire's Bobby's Bar. This is like a shrine to 138 00:07:33,093 --> 00:07:36,373 Speaker 4: Edinburgh's most famous pooch. So the story goes Jack that 139 00:07:36,493 --> 00:07:39,453 Speaker 4: this dog stood vigil and slept at his owner's grave 140 00:07:39,933 --> 00:07:45,973 Speaker 4: for fourteen years after his master died and now he's 141 00:07:46,093 --> 00:07:50,213 Speaker 4: laid to rest next to his owner's grave in Greyfriars Churchyard, 142 00:07:50,213 --> 00:07:52,973 Speaker 4: which is very close to the namesake pub. Disney actually 143 00:07:53,013 --> 00:07:56,133 Speaker 4: made a film about the dog Bobby. So yeah, that's 144 00:07:56,173 --> 00:07:58,093 Speaker 4: a great spot for a dram or two. 145 00:07:58,613 --> 00:08:01,453 Speaker 2: And what's the must do for fans of the Royals 146 00:08:01,453 --> 00:08:04,333 Speaker 2: in Edinburgh. 147 00:08:03,093 --> 00:08:05,653 Speaker 4: Will definitely taken on board tour of the yacht Pretannua, 148 00:08:05,733 --> 00:08:09,653 Speaker 4: which is permanently birthed at Ocean Terminal and Leath. It's 149 00:08:09,773 --> 00:08:12,093 Speaker 4: access all areas. That's what I think blows people away. 150 00:08:12,173 --> 00:08:15,573 Speaker 4: The ship was left in situ after it was decommissioned, 151 00:08:15,573 --> 00:08:19,493 Speaker 4: and you can explore every nook and cranny, the state 152 00:08:19,533 --> 00:08:22,733 Speaker 4: reception rooms, the Queen's bedroom left exactly as. 153 00:08:22,573 --> 00:08:24,653 Speaker 3: They were and I love this. 154 00:08:24,813 --> 00:08:28,973 Speaker 4: You can even see Princess Margaret's numerous cigarette burns. She 155 00:08:29,973 --> 00:08:31,893 Speaker 4: was quite careless. I don't think his sister would have 156 00:08:31,893 --> 00:08:35,373 Speaker 4: been very impressed. But there's just another stirring slice of Edinburgh. 157 00:08:35,493 --> 00:08:38,453 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh so good. It sounds amazing. It's been years, 158 00:08:38,653 --> 00:08:40,413 Speaker 2: years since I've been to Edinburgh, but you hit the 159 00:08:40,493 --> 00:08:41,893 Speaker 2: nail on the head. It feels like one of those 160 00:08:41,933 --> 00:08:43,733 Speaker 2: cities that you can go back to time and time again. 161 00:08:43,733 --> 00:08:43,933 Speaker 1: Anda. 162 00:08:44,653 --> 00:08:45,493 Speaker 3: Yeah, oh, that. 163 00:08:45,493 --> 00:08:48,813 Speaker 2: Sounds so good. Thanks Mike. All of Mike's treats and 164 00:08:48,893 --> 00:08:51,573 Speaker 2: treasures in Edinburgh will be up on the News Talks. 165 00:08:51,573 --> 00:08:53,053 Speaker 2: He'd be website for. 166 00:08:53,093 --> 00:08:56,133 Speaker 1: More from Saturday morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to 167 00:08:56,213 --> 00:08:59,253 Speaker 1: news Talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or follow 168 00:08:59,293 --> 00:09:00,813 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.