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Homecoming Scotland - 2009 is the inaugural year of this event that encourages native Scots, Scottish descendants, and people who love Scotland to take part in the year-long celebration of this beautiful country. Please visit www.homecomingscotland2009.com for details on festivities during your travel months.

Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival - Laugh so hard that it hurts at this gathering of some of Scotland's top comedic performers. Every March for the past 6 years, people of come to enjoy a drink and a laugh at this raucous event.

Gourock Highland Games - with over 40 bagpipe ensembles, this festival will immerse you in traditional Scottish culture. Take part in the Highland dancing competition or participate in games of athletic prowess including the iconic "tossing the caber" where contestants match their skill and strength in throwing a large pole (much like a telephone pole).

What better way to visit a country famous for its hospitality, scenery, and history than by train? Waverly Station is the main train station in Edinburgh. Some InterCity trains from London go on to Aberdeen after a brief stop in Edinburgh. If you are aboard one of these trains, be prepared to "set down" in the Waverly Station as quickly as possible following your arrival. Edinburgh's other station, Haymarket, is where all the trains halt en route to Glasgow or Aberdeen. Trains arriving from England via Newcastle and York, however, bypass Haymarket Station. Glasgow has two main rail stations. Trains arriving from southwestern Scotland and England terminate in the Glasgow Central Station. For train travel north and east out of Glasgow to Edinburgh, Perth, and Inverness or west to Oban and Fort William, the Glasgow Queen Street Station becomes the departure point. Any BritRail pass, of course, is valid in Scotland. © 2009, The Globe Pequot Press, LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski Information by Britain by BritRail